©2010 Health Dimensions Group
©2010 Health Dimensions Group
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Accountable Care Organizations<br />
(ACOs)<br />
• A new shared savings program, 1/1/2012<br />
• Integration of physicians, hospitals, post-acute providers,<br />
outpatient, and ancillaries<br />
• Responsible for all Part A and Part B care; more than 5,000<br />
Medicare beneficiaries; three-year contracts with CMS<br />
• Objective: reduce overall Medicare costs<br />
• Incentive: ACOs share in cost savings versus “normal” marketbased<br />
payment for Medicare beneficiaries<br />
• Many large health care systems preparing; employing<br />
physicians as first step<br />
SNFs and HHAs will be in or out—<br />
not everyone will play in Medicare space<br />
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