Accountable Care Organizations: Obamacare's Magic Bullet Misfires
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a showpiece of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010. PPACA, known as Obamacare, creates a program in Medicare to stimulate the development of ACOs by making Shared Savings Payments to ACOs if they improve coordination and quality of care and reduce costs. The Obama Administration has published proposed regulations to govern the Shared Savings Program and will issue final regulations before the program goes into effect on January 1, 2012.
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