RamaOnHealthcare October 27, 2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY One of the key factors in the current transformation of the U.S. healthcare system is the development of accountable care organizations (ACOs). In their ideal form, ACOs serve to shift the traditional, fragmented, fee-for-service model of care delivery to a new model based on shared accountability for measurable quality and cost improvements. These improvements are achieved through new and expanded collaboration between patients, primary care physicians, physician specialists, hospitals and other care providers. ACOs enable Medicare and private payers to align financial incentives with care quality and cost savings to improving the health of communities. However, the results of these insurerdirected payment approaches to care delivery have been mixed. Funded under a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson...
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