Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (PACOs)

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Accountable Care Is Healthcare’s New OS

Leonard Kish | HL7 Standards | July 23, 2013

The 1st year report card on Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations is out. Depending on who you talk to, the story changes dramatically. As Gregg Masters pointed out, reactions to the reports on the Pioneer ACOs would either have you believe that ACOs “succeeded” or that “Obamacare is a failure.” Read More »

These Aren’t Mixed Results: Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations Worked

Mike Miesen | Project Millennial | July 16, 2013

After a slew of disheartening press releases from CMS about the Affordable Care Act’s growing pains, the Obama Administration is probably quite happy to see the initial results of one of the law’s most important provisions: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). You should be, too. Read More »

Why One Medicare Pioneer ACO Succeeded In Saving Money

Jessica Zigmond | ModernHealthcare.com | July 16, 2013

How did Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization meet Medicare's cost targets and receive substantial shared savings in the first year of the Medicare Pioneer accountable care organization experiment? Read More »