A national strategy to put accountable care into practice.
The concept of accountable care organizations (ACOs) has been set forth in recently enacted national health reform legislation as a strategy to address current shortcomings in the U.S. health care system. This paper focuses on implementation issues related to these organizations, building on some initial examples. We seek to clarify definitions and key principles, provide an update on implementation in the context of other reforms, and address emerging issues that will affect the organizations' success. Finally, building on the initial experience of several organizations that are implementing accountable care and complementary reforms, we propose a national strategy to identify and expand successful approaches to accountable care implementation.
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- Accountable Care Organizations
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
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Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- United States
- Primary Health Care
- Planning Techniques
- Health Policy & Services
- Health Plan Implementation
- Health Care Reform
- Accountable Care Organizations
- 4407 Policy and administration
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 1402 Applied Economics