Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and Cigna Start Accountable Care Program to Improve Health and Lower Costs

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Cigna and Saint Francis HealthCare Partners, a joint venture between Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and more than 900 affiliated health care providers, have launched a collaborative accountable care initiative. The program becomes effective October 1, 2013. Critical to the program's benefits are registered nurses, employed by Saint Francis HealthCare Partners, who will serve as clinical care coordinators and help patients with chronic conditions or other health challenges navigate the health care system. The care coordinators will enhance care by using patient-specific data from Cigna to help identify patients being discharged from . . .