UnitedHealthcare and Optum Create ACO with Cornerstone Health Care

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Cornerstone Health Care is collaborating with UnitedHealthcare and Optum, businesses of UnitedHealth Group, to launch an accountable care organization (ACO) that enables Cornerstone care providers to manage all aspects of a patient’s health care and ensure that the proper course of treatment is being followed. The new ACO assures UnitedHealthcare plan participants who reside in the Triad area that care from Cornerstone is coordinated across its more than 360 physicians and other health care professionals to focus on helping patients improve their health. Cornerstone Health Care, based in High Point, N.C., has facilities . . .