Launching Accountable Care Organizations — The Proposed Rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program
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- 21 April 2011
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 364 (16) , e32
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp1103602
Abstract
A common criticism of U.S. health care is the fragmented nature of its payment and delivery systems. Because in many settings no single group of participants — physicians, hospitals, public or private payers, or employers — takes full responsibility for guiding the health of a patient or community, care is distributed across many sites, and integration among them may be deficient. Fragmentation leads to waste and duplication — and unnecessarily high costs.Keywords
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