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Tim Young, CEO of Summit Strategic Solutions, announced today that he is leaving the organization to establish a business that will focus/capitalize on the shift to more consumer-oriented care.

athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based services and mobile applications for medical groups and health systems, and Summit Medical Group, PLLC (SMG), East Tennessee’s leading primary care organization, today announced that SMG has selected athenahealth’s cloud-based population health service, athenaCommunicator Enterprise, to enhance care coordination and advance its population health management initiatives.

The region’s leading primary care organization continues to expand with the addition of a new rheumatologist. Michael Watterson, MD, is now seeing patients at Rheumatology Associates of East Tennessee.

Welch Allyn, Inc., a leading medical diagnostic device company that delivers practical innovation at the point of care, today announced an exclusive three-year agreement to provide onsite diabetic retinopathy screening services for Summit Medical Group – East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, comprised of 220 physicians who engage in almost one million patient encounters annually.

East Tennessee’s leading primary care organization, Summit Medical Group, continues to grow with the development of a new business entity – Summit Strategic Solutions.

Improved health and more coordinated services for the growing number of Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) members in East Tennessee is the goal behind a new exclusive Accountable Care agreement between Summit Medical Group and Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM).

East Tennessee’s leading primary care organization, Summit Medical Group, will participate in BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s Blue Network SSM (Network S), effective Jan. 1, 2015.

An innovative approach to healthcare with a focus on convenience, ease of check-in and scheduling is underway in the Karns community. Summit Medical Group re-launches its Karns practice site, 7715 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, with a renovated healthcare facility offering services from pediatrics to geriatrics.

Dr. Jennifer McMillen, an internal medicine specialist, joins Summit’s Medical Associates location at 9333 Park West Boulevard. She is currently accepting new patients.

Community Health Alliance (CHA), Tennessee’s health insurance CO-OP, and Summit Medical Group have entered into a collaborative partnership to provide consumers with comprehensive patient-centered care. This is the first of many managed care agreements Community Health Alliance is developing across the state as it assembles its network of preferred providers.