Manhasset, N.Y.-based Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician association made up of 90 independent physician practices throughout New York, began moving toward forming an ACO in 2010, shortly after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act first passed. The IPA was officially added as a Medicare Shared Savings accountable care organization in July of this year. This month, Beacon took another step to offer patients the most coordinated, dedicated care possible — it began the process to turn 60 of its independent physician offices into patient-centered medical homes.