Blue Shield of California is teaming with five healthcare providers to form two accountable care organizations, according to a news release.
The ACOs will begin July 1 and will benefit employees, dependents and retirees who are HMO members of the San Francisco Health Service System.
Blue Shield, Brown and Toland Physicians Group and California Pacific Medical Center will form one ACO to serve 21,000 HSS members assigned to Brown and Toland. California Pacific Medical Center's four campuses — California, Davies, Pacific and St. Luke's — are included in this ACO.
Blue Shield, Hill Physicians Medical Group, Catholic Healthcare West and the University of California, San Francisco will form a second ACO to serve 5,000 HSS members assigned to Hill Physicians. CHW's Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center are included in this ACO, as are UCSF's Parnassus and Mount Zion centers.
Although these ACOs are required to provide care for only one year, the organizations have planned for a long-term partnership. CHW, Hill Physicians and Blue Shield also partnered in a 2009 ACO pilot that produced an estimated $20 million in savings.
Read the news release on Blue Shield of California.
Read more coverage on ACOs:
- Physician Integration May Be "Tipping Point" for Success of ACOs
- Connecticut's Medical Professional Services to Create ACO
- Michigan's Wayne State University Physician Group and Medical Network One to Form ACO
The ACOs will begin July 1 and will benefit employees, dependents and retirees who are HMO members of the San Francisco Health Service System.
Blue Shield, Brown and Toland Physicians Group and California Pacific Medical Center will form one ACO to serve 21,000 HSS members assigned to Brown and Toland. California Pacific Medical Center's four campuses — California, Davies, Pacific and St. Luke's — are included in this ACO.
Blue Shield, Hill Physicians Medical Group, Catholic Healthcare West and the University of California, San Francisco will form a second ACO to serve 5,000 HSS members assigned to Hill Physicians. CHW's Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center are included in this ACO, as are UCSF's Parnassus and Mount Zion centers.
Although these ACOs are required to provide care for only one year, the organizations have planned for a long-term partnership. CHW, Hill Physicians and Blue Shield also partnered in a 2009 ACO pilot that produced an estimated $20 million in savings.
Read the news release on Blue Shield of California.
Read more coverage on ACOs:
- Physician Integration May Be "Tipping Point" for Success of ACOs
- Connecticut's Medical Professional Services to Create ACO
- Michigan's Wayne State University Physician Group and Medical Network One to Form ACO