Eastern Maine Healthcare chosen for Medicare pilot
Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems has been chosen as one of 32 organizations in the country to participate in a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pilot program aimed at improving the quality, access and cost of health care.
Brewer-based EMHS will be designated as a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization, a model that will test how different payment arrangements improve patient care and reduce costs, according to a press release. The EMHS Pioneer ACO Model will initially focus on Medicare patients who see primary care providers at practices affiliated with The Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle, Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and Inland Hospital in Waterville. A total of 8,000 Medicare and MaineCare patients are included in EMHS' new pilot program.
EMHS will track 33 measures of quality as part of the pilot program. "Basically, accountable care comes down to taking on the responsibility of better coordination of care, building cooperation and working in such a way that people can live as healthy a life as possible," said EMHS President and CEO Michelle Hood.
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