ZOOM+Care Announces ACO Partnership With Aetna

ZOOM+Care recently announced it is partnering with Aetna to create an accountable care organization (ACO). ACOs focus more on quality of care and health outcomes than quantity of care.

With the partnership, Aetna will operate the insurance and the self-insured side of the new ACO plan, the Aetna Whole Health ZOOM+Care. The plan will be offered in three Oregon counties: Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington. ZOOM+Care’s role will be in utilizing data and care coordination as it is reimbursed through a capitation model—or a payment arrangement for health care service providers in which a set . . .