The Emergence of Integrated Care Delivery Models
Although the Supreme Court found the provision that would permit HHS to withdraw all of the Medicaid funding provided to a state if that state chooses not to expand Medicaid to certain thresholds set forth in PPACA to be unconstitutional, PPACA nonetheless has laid forth the foundation for the establishment of new and evolving healthcare delivery models.
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
On October 20, 2011, CMS finalized a new set of rules under PPACA designed to help physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers better coordinate care for Medicare patients through networks called accountable care organizations (ACOs). ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers ...
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