Conn. med groups ally to drive state reform vehicle

Three Connecticut medical groups are undertaking an initiative to improve healthcare quality and lower costs for payors and consumers in the state.

The new organization, as yet unnamed and comprised of Connecticut Multispecialty Group, ProHealth Physicians and Women’s Health Connecticut, hopes to be a vehicle through which its members will attempt to reach new contracting and payment arrangements with health plans, employers and others, including shared savings plans and accountable care organizations. The alliance was announced in a statement from Women's Health Connecticut.

The member organizations noted that they were inviting participation and collaboration with other physician organizations, hospitals, employers and health plans. To ultimately be structured as a statewide clinically integrated independent practice association (IPA), the member physician organizations have signed an agreement forming a managing committee with the objective of creating the new clinically integrated IPA within 12 months.

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