Medical Economics January 26, 2026
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An advocate discusses how ACOs raised red flags about Medicare spending for skin substitute treatments for patient wounds.

Where does artificial intelligence (AI) fall into management of accountable care? There is lots of potential — and maybe the final demise of the facsimile machine. Accountable for Health CEO Mara McDermott, JD, offers her perspective on how accountable care organizations can integrate new AI programs for a variety of tasks.

Medical Economics: How do you foresee AI playing a role both in detection of fraud, waste and abuse, and then administration of accountable care overall, and guiding patient treatment plans?

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), AI (Artificial Intelligence), Payment Models, Physician, Provider, Technology, Value Based
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