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Emerging Models: The ABCs of ACOs PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard Scott   
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 19:49

Among the many changes that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will usher in, one of the most exciting for professionals involved in care coordination is the formalization of programs centered around accountable care organizations (ACOs). The health reform law contains a provision that will establish a system of Medicare shared savings for ACOs by January 2012, making ACOs a permanent fixture under Medicare.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid plans to release a draft regulation of the shared savings program sometime in the fall of this year. In the meantime, providers will be figuring out the fine points of ACOs to see if they—and their kickbacks—are a good fit as an overriding practice model.

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