Opinion Based List:
Five Key Features of Accountable Care Organizations
Submitted by Clive Riddle on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 11:57
- Local Accountability: An ACO would be a local provider entity accountable for the local care according to local cost and quality benchmarks
- Purchaser Designation: An ACO would be designated by a purchaser to be accountable to serve its covered population assigned to the ACO
- Shared Savings: The ACO would modify provider payment structures in some form to incorporate payment incentives such as sharing of savings with applicable stakeholders
- Performance Measurement: An emphasis would be placed on performance measurement, including evidence based quality metrics
- Organizational Capacity: The ACO would be a formal legal entity with capacity to arrange and coordinate care, administer payments, set benchmarks, measure performance and distribute shared savings.
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