Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
When it was introduced in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 as the new 2012 payment model for Medicare, an accountable care organization (ACO) was a new and untested concept in healthcare delivery and payment. The authors estimated the likelihood of engagement in ACOs by small group and solo healthcare practitioners. An evaluation of five case studies showed that significant organizational, financial, and technological challenges had to be met in order to launch an ACO. Sufficient resources to meet those challenges were best supplied by large organizations. Small or solo practices participated only through varying levels of integration as salaried physicians or in independent practice associations or physician hospital organizations.
Recommended Citation
Vaughan, A., & Coustasse, A. (2011). Accountable care organization musical chairs: Will there be a seat remaining for the small group or solo practice? Hospital Topics, 89(4), 92-97.
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Vaughan, A., & Coustasse, A. (2011). Accountable care organization musical chairs: Will there be a seat remaining for the small group or solo practice? Hospital Topics, 89(4), 92-97., for the final version of the article as published in HOSPITAL TOPICS, 2011, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00185868.2011.627814