DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 4 (April)

Analysis: Practices would find ACOs far more complex than EHRs, with less certain rewards

You and your peers could improve patient care and earn extra money by being part of an accountable care organization (ACO), but this would be a major undertaking for smaller practices not made any easier by the proposed ACO, experts say. “We helped draft the proposed rule, so we certainly support ACOs,” says Chet Speed, vice president of public policy for the American Medical Group Association (AMGA). “But I think to make this thing attractive to a whole host of providers, there’s going to need to be some refinements.”
 

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