Quality Health Solutions, Unitedhealthcare Launch Largest Accountable Care Initiative In Wisconsin To Improve Care Quality, Reduce Costs

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions Quality Health Solutions, Inc. (QHS), a collaborative of major Wisconsin health systems and the Medical College of Wisconsin, and UnitedHealthcare announced a new accountable care initiative that will provide coordinated care to more than 100,000 Wisconsin residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare's employer-sponsored health plans. Under the new initiative, which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2014, the 3,000 physicians and 18 hospitals comprising the five QHS members in southeastern Wisconsin (Agnesian Healthcare, Columbia St. Mary's, Froedtert Health, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and the Medical College of Wisconsin) will be rewarded for effectively . . .