Why accountable care organizations are not 1990s managed care redux.
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MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT ACCOUNTable care organizations (ACOs) and other delivery system reforms in the Affordable Care Act will simply bring back the managed care days of the 1990s. These skeptics suspect that payment reforms to control high and increasing costs will simply lead to gate keeping and service denial rather than the promise of care redesign and coordination that removes unnecessary cost and delivers better outcomes.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA
دوره 307 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012