An ACO is a group of health care providers that agrees to be accountable for the quality and cost of health care delivered to a defined population. ACOs are expected be launched in January 2012, under...

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An ACO is a group of health care providers that agrees to be accountable for the quality and cost
of health care delivered to a defined population. ACOs are expected be launched in January
2012, under Section 3022 of the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, which allows
Medicare to promote "accountability for a patient population and... encourages investment in
infrastructure and redesigned care processes for high quality and efficient service delivery."
Different financial models of ACOs have been proposed, but proponents understand the ACO
concept as having three basic attributes:
1. The capability to provide, and manage with patients, the continuum of care across
different institutional settings, including ambulatory care, inpatient hospital care and
possibly post acute care
2. The ability to link payments to improved care and cost reductions
3. The capacity to support comprehensive, valid and reliable performance measurement
Up front it seems like a great idea...or is it? Focus your answers around a few key questions.
How does this impact a physician as her or she interact with patients? Or other Physicians? Does
it improve compensation for doctors? How does ACO accomplish all of these wonderful things?
Why did we need a mandate from the federal government to move forward with this type of care
model? Write a 3 page paper.
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Abstract
In today’s world, almost all the nations are working for the improvement of their health care
delivery systems. Increasing costs of healthcare aging population and the enhanced trouble of
diseases are challenges to health care systems worldwide. To meet these challenges will require
new approaches to healthcare delivery. The USA has the costliest healthcare system in the world.
In order to provide better healthcare service at reduced cost, US government has taken several
steps. In this study, we will understand the Accountable Care Organization or ACO and its role
in US delivery system, its impact on physicians. Here we will try to analyze how ACO is
eneficial for the physicians, patients and doctors. We will try to point out how ACO
accomplished its goal by implementing all the procedures and the role of federal government to
mandate the role of ACO so that ACO can successfully control his operations and fulfill the aim
to provide quality medical service at affordable cost. Though I have gone through books,
websites and have taken rich guidance from several articles, any mistake anywhere may kindly
e excused.
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Impact of ACO to Physicians:
An ACO...