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Accountable Care Organizations Reduce Medicare Spending By Hundreds Of Millions

Published on Fri May 15, 2015

Accountable Care Organizations have gotten mixed reviews, but their money-saving capabilities make them attractive to policymakers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hopes to pay for quality — not quantity — of care in the future, which means many of the payments could take place through accountable care organizations (ACOs). The Journal of the American Medical Association recently reported [...]
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