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10 payer-driven accountable care organizations

ACOs shift industry toward payment reform, improved care
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Aetna-Banner Health
Aetna established an ACO with Banner Health Network in which aetna members have access to Banner Health's providers in Arizona. Aetna offers Banner Health rewards based on quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction measures.

Blue Shield of California-Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Greater Newport Physicians
Blue Shield of California set up an ACO with Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and Greater Newport Physicians to provide integrated, cost-efficient healthcare. The three organizations will collaborate and share information with each other to provide comprehensive healthcare service.

Blue Shield of California-John Muir Health
Blue Shield of California and John Muir Health created an ACO to provide coordinated care for 16,000 Blue Shield HMO members.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan-Trinity Health
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Trinity Health developed an ACO in which Blue Cross aims to improve information systems at Trinity's 12 hospitals and health facilities.

Cigna-Granite Healthcare Network
Cigna expanded its network of ACOs to include the Granite Healthcare Network, a group of five clinical groups: Concord Hospital, Elliot Health System, LRGHealthcare, Southern New Hampshire Health System and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. The ACO, which marks the first time Cigna is collaborating with a multi-hospital system, aims to provide greater access to healthcare for patients, improve care coordination and increase patient satisfaction.

Cigna also expanded its ACO program with 10 new initiatives in seven states--Colorado, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia--to improve quality, affordability and patient satisfaction, focusing particularly on patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.