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 …
6 points every physician should consider about Medicare ACOs


