ACOs are defined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients. The goal of coodinated care is to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time, while avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and preventing medical errors.
When an ACO succeeds both in delivering high-quality care and spending health care dollars more wisely, the ACO will share in the savings it achieves for the Medicare program.
The PCC believes that primary care is the foundation of a successful ACO that uses transparent performance measures to achieve the Quadruple Aim of improving population health, improving patients' experience of care, reducing the total cost of care, and improving the work life of health care providers. In an ACO, strong primary care physician leadership of the care team is necessary to improve care coodination, and enhance preventitive care delivery.
For more information about ACO's visit the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) website
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Webcast on Wednesday: Advanced Primary Care’s Role in Accountable Care Organization Performance | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative | August 7, 2018 |
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield saves $12M with ACO contract | FierceHealthPayer | September 9, 2015 |
WellPoint Announces Health Plans’ Primary Care Practices to Participate in Historic Public-Private Partnership | Fierce Healthcare | August 21, 2012 |
What Can the U.S. and England Learn from Each Other’s Health Care Reforms? | The Commonwealth Fund | March 30, 2018 |
What Is PTAC’s Role In Fostering The Development Of APMs? | March 26, 2018 | |
What Payment Reform Means for the Frontline Health Care Workforce | Brookings | August 5, 2014 |
When Health Insurance Prices Rose Last Year, Around a Million Americans Dropped Coverage | New York Times | July 3, 2018 |
White House to Push ACOs, Other New Models | MedPage Today | February 3, 2014 |
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