John Muir Physician Network is one of six new California Medicare ACOs

John Muir Health? ? John Muir Health Latest from The Business Journals Dignity tries mini-hospital model in ArizonaBlue Shield, John Muir Health to launch Contra Costa ACOBig leasing deals storm Tri-Valley, I-680 corridor Follow this company and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services? ? Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Latest from The Business Journals Family Physicians Group one of 10 new Fla. accountable care organizationsTwo Triad doctor groups part of federal accountable care programDeadline looms: Physicians must act soon to qualify for top incentives paid for switch to electronic records Follow this company said the Walnut Creek-based health system?s 197-doctor John Muir Physician Network has been approved as one of six new Medicare ACOs in California and 89 nationally.

The new accountable care organizations, being piloted by various hospitals and medical groups nationwide, are intended to provide better coordination and care to fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, according to CMS.

The feds said July 9 that 89 new ACOs began serving 1.2 million new Medicare beneficiaries as of July 1, including six in California: John Muir?s network, Sacramento?s Golden Life Healthcare LLC, Hawthorne?s Meridian Holdings Inc., Glendale?s ApolloMed ACO, Oceanside?s North Coast Medical ACO Inc., and Torrance Memorial Integrated Physicians.

Overall, 154 Medicare ACOs are caring for 2.4 million beneficiaries, said acting CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner.

A number of non-Medicare accountable care organizations have also sprouted, including efforts in San Francisco and Sacramento linking Hill Physicians Medical Group doctors, Blue Shield of California? ? Blue Shield of California Latest from The Business Journals Reform?s momentumInsurance commissioner opposes Blue Shield closing individual plansUnitedHealth military contract affirmed; TriWest protest denied Follow this company and other partners.

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