A primary concern among hospital leaders and physicians looking to form accountable care organizations is what exactly they will require. HHS is expected to soon release draft regulations for ACOs ...

The Medicare Shared Savings Program allows healthcare providers to form or join ACOs to improve patient care while reducing costs. By participating in an ACO, medical staff can collaborate to ...

WASHINGTON — Organizations representing more than 60 accountable care organizations from more than 15 states have come together to form the National Association of ACOs, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit ...

In addition, unlike HMOs, the ACOs must meet a long list of quality measures to ensure they are not saving money by stinting on necessary care. Many health care economists fear that the race to form ...

Physician groups and hospitals are scrambling to set aside old rivalries and signing up as partners, in order to take advantage of incentives Medicare will give to Accountable Care Organizations ...

About the Next Generation ACO Coalition 29 Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations form a new coalition to advocate for the stability and transparency of the risk-based CMS model.