Opportunities To Enhance Design And Implementation Of ACO REACH’s Core Payment Model Design Elements

Health Affairs November 7, 2024
Rachel Bonesteel, Sara Debab, William K. Bleser, Frank McStay, Robert S. Saunders, Mark B. McClellan

Editor’s Note

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure patient-centered, cost-efficient care under the umbrella of accountable care. Additional articles will be published throughout 2024. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.

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