Illinois Awarded New Medicare ACO Contracts From The Federal Government

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations Five groups that serve Illinois patients, including three based in the Chicago area, have been granted contracts to operate Medicare accountable care organizations. The new ACOs are: > Alexian Brothers ACO, which is associated with the hospital system of the same name based in Arlington Heights> Independent Physicians ACO of Chicago> Medicare Value Partners, which will be operated by Chicago-based Presence Health, the 12-hospital system formed by the 2011 merger of Resurrection Health Care Corp. and Provena Health> Urbana-Champaign-based Christie Clinic Physician Services > Franciscan Union ACO LLC . . .