Cigna Collaborative Care is Cigna's approach to achieving the same population health goals as accountable care organizations (ACOs):

better health, affordability and experience.We work with health care professionals across the care delivery spectrum, including large and small physician groups, specialist groups and hospitals. A Cigna Collaborative Care arrangement with a large physician group (which we previously called Collaborative Accountable Care) is a collaboration between Cigna and a physician practice that's responsible and accountable for the population it serves. The physician group must have a substantial primary care component, which can take any of the following forms:

        A large primary care practice (examples: ProHealth Physicians in Connecticut, Medical Clinic of North Texas in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex)
        A multi-specialty group (example: Holston Medical Group in northeastern Tennessee)
        A fully integrated delivery system, including doctors and facilities (example: Piedmont Physicians Group in Atlanta)
        A Physician Hospital Organization (example: Health Choice in Memphis)
        An Independent Physician Association/Independent Practice Association (example: Renaissance Physician Organization in Houston)

 

 

Regardless of practice type, the common thread is that the medical group must be willing to accept responsibility and accountability for achieving improved health, affordability and patient experience.

The medical group is rewarded through a pay for value structure if it meets targets for improving quality and lowering medical costs.