The AAFP, along with the country's top primary care medical associations—the American
Academy of Pediatrics, the America College of Physicians and the American Osteopathic …

• An ACO is a health care entity, typically consisting of primary care physicians (PCPs),
specialty physicians, and health care facilities, that agrees to be accountable “for all the …

With the reelection of President Obama, full enactment of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act is all but certain. Part of that legislation is the establishment of …

S ince the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, much attention has focused on the
inadequacy of the primary care workforce in meeting the care needs of millions of newly …

Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare will launch a Shared Savings Program for groups
of health care providers that join forces, with or without hospitals or health plans, to form …

The ACA aims to simultane ously improve the quality of care and reduce costs. Doing so will
require focused efforts to improve care for the 10% of patients who account for 64% of all US …

Despite the uncertainty and controversy it has generated, the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (ACA) has sown the seeds for a major reorganization of the US health …

Americans will soon be hearing more about a new type of entity: accountable care
organizations. That's because the health care reform legislation enacted earlier this year …

In here, you can take a look at the efforts under way in Texas to create an accountable care
organization (ACO) at Baylor. The most consistent definition of" ACO" describes it as a …

An accountable care organization (ACO) consists of health care providers who collectively
agree to be held accountable for the care they provide to the population of patients attributed …