December 2, 2016
Six health care provider networks launched ACO pilot programs on December 1, 2016, that will cover about 160,000 residents signed up for Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, known as MassHealth. They include some of the state’s biggest hospitals and hospital systems: Partners HealthCare, Steward Health Care System, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care, Boston Medical Center, and Boston Children’s Hospital. A new organization called Community Care Cooperative — a network of community health centers — is also participating.
ACO News is a feature of the Medicaid Accountable Care Organization Resource Center, an online collection of tools designed to help Medicaid agencies develop and launch accountable care organizations.
