In light of the Affordable Care Act, accountable care organizations (ACOs) have become a tool for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid as a way to streamline spending to reduce the overall costs of healthcare. Increasingly, ACOs run by private insurers are becoming more attractive to health systems that are looking to reap the same benefits as the government by using the model to create more efficiencies in the delivery of healthcare.
Attorneys Deborah Dorman-Rodriguez, Leader of the Healthcare Practice Group, and David M. Kaufman, a Partner in the Healthcare Practice Group, recently discussed the rise in popularity of private ACOs for an article published on March 14 in Healthcare Finance News, a leading industry news source for healthcare finance executives. The article, which is titled "Private Accountable Care Organizations Take Off; What to Know About These Value-Based Models," delves into the terms of ACO arrangements that healthcare providers should consider prior to joining.
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