Network Spotlight: Charles Craton, MD
Charles Craton, MD has been a leading voice in the pursuit of clinical integration since before the inception of Wellstar Clinical Partners.
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Interoperability Hardship Application
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Cigna: The Ongoing Pursuit of Quality & Value

WellStar Clinical Partners participates in one of 230 Cigna Collaborative Care® arrangements across the United States. The Cigna program supports fully integrated systems like ours, as well as large physician and specialty groups, in achieving ambitious population health goals.

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Leadership Retreat
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A Care Team Journey to Service Excellence

The Fall 2018 medical staff leadership retreat was an inspiring opportunity to share best practices and future plans. The twice-yearly gathering permits WellStar physicians to learn from one another and collaborate on ways to improve performance and address challenges. The weekend event was held at the Westin Hotel in Buckhead and was well attended and supported by members of WellStar Clinical Partners.

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Seema Verma
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WHN Extends Current Performance Year

WellStar Health Network’s current Medicare Shared Savings Program Agreement was set to expire December 31, 2018. CMS’s proposed “Pathways to Success” outlined its intent to increase savings for the Medicare Trust Fund by requiring ACOs to transition to two-sided risk models (up and downside risk). To give ACOs more time to evaluate the new program, CMS provided the opportunity for ACOs like WHN, whose existing contract expired December 31, 2018, to extend the current contract terms and conditions for six months until June 30, 2019.

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