Massachusetts-Based Beth Israel Shifts To Accountable Care System

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is launching a new organization with doctors and other hospitals, adapting to a national movement toward payment systems that provide a single, set fee to care for each patient's health. The new Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, formed with the medical center's physician group and partner hospitals, aims to improve care by emphasizing wellness over treatment. In launching the new organization, the medical center and the Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization agreed to invest a total $12 million per year over the next five years in care management . . .