New Hampshire to Test Accountable Care Collaboration at Five Sites

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News On July 15, 2010, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch announced plans for the state to launch a five-year Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Pilot Program that will include five sites across the state. The pilot was developed by the New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, along with a group of industry and business leaders. The group had released a call for proposals earlier in 2010 seeking participants. An ACO, as defined by the New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, is a local health care organization that is accountable for 100% of the expenditures . . .