University Hospitals, Unitedhealthcare Collaborate On Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions University Hospitals and UnitedHealthcare, one of the country's largest health insurers, will soon collaborate on a new accountable care organization, or ACO, designed to coordinate care and reduce costs for participants enrolled in the insurer's employer-sponsored health plans. The ACO, which will launch Feb. 1, will cover 19,000 participants who currently receive care from UH providers. It will be UH's fifth and UnitedHealthcare's second ACO in the state. Under the UH and UnitedHealthcare ACO, UH's staff will work to better coordinate the care for UnitedHealthcare plan participants by . . .