Index

340B Drug Discount Program. See Section 340B Drug Discount Program

ACA (Affordable Care Act). See Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

Access to healthcare. See also Delivery system reforms; Healthcare workforce reforms; Section 340B Drug Discount Program

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)

about

ACO professional defined

advanced payment model

agreement, termination of

agreement provisions

annual reporting

antitrust issues

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

cost containment

data collection tool

data sharing

data use agreement (DUA)

eligibility

evidence-based medicine

future regulatory changes

governance

Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO)

healthcare providers, implications for

historical parallels

hospitals

independence at home medical practices

legal structure

lenders and small business investors, implications for

loss factors, two-sided model

management

Massachusetts

and Medicare Advantage

Medicare beneficiaries, implications for

Medicare beneficiaries assigned to

minimum loss rate (MLR)

origin of

performance scores, calculating

physician group practice (PGP) demonstration

Pioneer ACOs

primary care providers (PCPs)

proposed (March 31, 2011) and final (October 20, 2011) regulations

provider identification

public reporting

quality measures

reporting

shared savings determination

Shared Savings Program

shared savings programs

size of beneficiary group

size of practice

tax-exempt organizations, criteria for participation in ACOs

ACO. See Accountable ...

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