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Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government productivity.
- Medical economics.
- Medicare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (23 pages, digital, PDF file)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Defines and describes operations of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), an integrated care delivery system formulated to reduce costs and improve quality of Medicare under P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Describes essential provisions of the Medicare shared savings program created by PPACA, to be implemented by the Secretary of HHS. Reviews pro/con arguments for ACOs, and considers likely impact of Medicare ACOs.
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- CRS Report.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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