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Launching Accountable Care Organizations — The Proposed Rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program
Ist Teil von
The New England journal of medicine, 2011-04, Vol.364 (16), p.e32-e32
Ort / Verlag
United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
A common criticism of U.S. health care is the fragmented nature of its payment and delivery systems. Because in many settings no single group of participants — physicians, hospitals, public or private payers, or employers — takes full responsibility for guiding the health of a patient or community, care is distributed across many sites, and integration among them may be deficient. Fragmentation leads to waste and duplication — and unnecessarily high costs.
Section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes the Medicare Shared Savings Program for accountable care organizations (ACOs) as a potential solution.
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The creation of ACOs is . . .