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6 points every physician should consider about Medicare ACOs

by Asa Lockhart, MD Doctors, that age-old business advice still applies: Take your time and read carefully, and evaluate what it might mean to your patients and your practice, before you sign a contract. Specifically, the Patient Protection and Affordable…

by Asa Lockhart, MD

Doctors, that age-old business advice still applies: Take your time and read carefully, and evaluate what it might mean to your patients and your practice, before you sign a contract.

Specifically, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) paves the way for Medicare shared savings accountable care organizations (ACOs).

Conceptually, this type of ACO is a collaboration of physicians and health care providers …

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6 points every physician should consider about Medicare ACOs