Blue Shield, Entrepreneur Partner on IT Project for ACO
On Tuesday, Blue Shield of California and NantWorks -- an information technology company founded by former UCLA surgeon Patrick Soon-Shiong -- announced a partnership to provide IT services for a new accountable care organization. The ACO will include Access Medical Group in Marina del Rey and St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica.
- "L.A. Billionaire Teams With Insurer on Personalized Medicine" (Terhune, "Money & Co.," Los Angeles Times, 10/2).
- "Blue Shield of Calif. Links With Soon-Shiong for ACO IT" (Evans, Modern Healthcare, 10/2).