University Of California, San Francisco, John Muir Add 7 Hospitals, 3 Medical Groups To Accountable Care Organization

Walnut Creek, California-based John Muir Health and University of California, San Francisco Medical Center in San Francisco have expanded their accountable care organization (ACO), which will allow it to better compete with California health giants like Sacramento-based Sutter Health and Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Formed in 2015, John Muir and UCSF's Bay Area Accountable Care Network originally included five hospitals. The ACO recently expanded, adding seven more hospitals and three medical groups. With the addition of the new facilities, the ACO has been renamed Canopy Health. The following California hospitals recently . . .