ACO News

  1. Verisk Health, Phytel Team To Offer A Combined Solution To Help Providers Navigate Shifting Risk Models 1/17/2013

    Phytel, the leader in automated, provider-led population health improvement, and Verisk Health, a leader in data-driven risk assessment and performance management technologies, announced recently a strategic agreement to develop an integrated solution that combines claims-based risk assessment and medical cost management with enterprise-level care management based on real-time clinical data.

  2. Siemens Launches Strategic Consulting Services To Help Healthcare Providers Address Health Reform 1/17/2013

    Recently, Siemens Healthcare is announcing the availability of three Strategic Consulting solutions for accountable care to help hospital and health system customers meet healthcare reform objectives such as hospital Value Based Purchasing programs, reduction of Preventable Re-admissions, and reduction of Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

  3. Primary Partners And AMC Health Team Up To Provide Telemonitoring For High-Risk Patients 1/15/2013

    Primary Partners, LLC (Primary Partners), a physician owned and managed accountable care organization (ACO), announced recently entered into a partnership agreement with AMC Health, a leading provider of telemonitoring solutions, to improve care coordination and outcomes for patients with chronic conditions.

  4. More Doctors, Hospitals Partner To Coordinate Care For People With Medicare 1/10/2013

    Accountable Care Clinical Services, PC, has been selected as one of 106 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Medicare, ensuring as many as 4 million Medicare beneficiaries across the United States now have access to high-quality, coordinated care, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced recently.

  5. Blue Health Intelligence Creates An 'Informatics Center Of Excellence' Through Acquisition Of Intelimedix 1/8/2013

    Blue Health Intelligence (BHI), a leading healthcare data and analytics company, has announced that it has acquired Intelimedix, a healthcare analytics firm specializing in employer group and payer reporting solutions.

  6. Paragon Rated Best In KLAS Community Hospital Information System For Seventh Consecutive Year 1/8/2013

     

    For the seventh straight year, McKesson’s Paragon hospital information system (HIS) was named Best in KLAS Community Hospital Information System  in the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. Paragon’s seven years in the No. 1 spot mark the most successive times that any product has earned Best in KLAS in this category.

  7. PriMed Selects NextGate EMPI To Support Coordination, Quality, And Safety By Ensuring Consistent And Complete Patient Records For Flagship Client 1/8/2013

    NextGate, a leading provider of Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) and registry solutions, recently announced that PriMed Management Consulting Services, Inc., the management services organization (MSO) for Hill Physicians Medical Group (HPMG), will implement NextGate's enterprise master patient index (EMPI) software as the foundation for a broad-based Care Management platform to support Hill Physicians' 3,700 providers.

  8. WEDI Launches New Website To Help Industry Implement Health IT Initiatives 1/3/2013

    With the numerous Health IT regulatory demands upon the healthcare industry, there has been no greater need for access to critical information to help companies meet those demands. 

  9. California-Based Health Group Selects Paragon To Fuel Growth Strategy 12/18/2012

    Setting a bold course for the future, Rideout Health plans to deploy Paragon, McKesson’s hospital information system (HIS), to equip hospital staff and clinicians with modern technology that also provides a highly competitive cost of ownership.

  10. Crystal Run Healthcare Named First Accredited Accountable Care Organization (ACO) In New York State By The National Committee For Quality Assurance 12/17/2012

    The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced that Crystal Run Healthcare has earned accreditation as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).