Accountable Care Organizations during Covid-19: Routine care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions

Accountable care organizations.

Accountable care organizations.

The Affordable Care Act, Accountable Care Organizations, and Mental Health Care for Older Adults: Implications and Opportunities

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) represents the most significant legislative change in the United States health care system in nearly half a century. Key elements of the ACA include reforms aimed at addressing high-cost, complex, vulnerable patient populations. Older adults with mental health disorders are a rapidly growing segment of the population and are among the most ch...

Managed Care and Accountable Care Organizations

Managed care generally, and more specifically, accountable care organizations (ACOs) have attempted to provide coordination of patient care in order to eliminate or reduce unnecessary procedures and or test redundancy. The purpose of this research was to study the effects of managed care in accountable care organizations by decreasing health care costs by increasing efficiency in health care.

Accountable care organizations and health care disparities.

UNDER SECTION 3022 OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is tasked with developing and testing accountable care organizations (ACOs). The goal of ACOs is to group hospitals and physician practices together to facilitate and incentivize quality improvement and cost containment—critical steps for US health care. However, careful consideration and monitoring duri...