Medicare announces new ACOs in CT

CMS announced approval of 106 new Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) today, including six serving patients in CT. ACOs are integrated networks of local providers across the care continuum that share in the savings generated by coordinating care while maintaining quality. Among the new approvals are Hartford HealthCare, St. Francis HealthCare, and ProHealth serving only CT and Pioneer Valley Accountable Care (CT and MA), Accountable Care Clinical Services (CT & 4 other states ), and Accountable Care Organization of New England (CT and MA).