CIGNA & Piedmont Physicians Group Launch Accountable Care Organization Pilot

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News On September 7, 2010, CIGNA and Atlanta-based Piedmont Physicians Group (PPG) announced they had launched an accountable care organization (ACO) pilot in July 2010. The program, which began July 1, is focused on approximately 10,000 individuals covered by a CIGNA health plan who receive care from one of PPG’s more than 100 primary care physicians. The CIGNA-PPG ACO, involving a medical practice and a single private payer, was among the first patient-centered pilot programs to launch in the Atlanta area. The goal is to improve outcomes . . .