Accountable Care Organizations

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health care delivery model health care organization type population health management model

Accountable Care Organizations are collaborative networks of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers that jointly take responsibility for the quality and cost of care for a defined patient population.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
ACOs	1
Medicaid ACOs	1
Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	health care delivery model ⓘ health care organization type ⓘ population health management model ⓘ
aimsTo	align financial incentives with quality outcomes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Accountable Care Organizations ⓘ surface form: ACOs
associatedWithLaw	Affordable Care Act ⓘ surface form: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
canBe	hospital-led ⓘ jointly led by hospitals and physicians ⓘ physician-led ⓘ
contrastsWith	fee-for-service payment model ⓘ
coreFeature	care coordination across settings ⓘ performance measurement ⓘ shared responsibility for cost and quality ⓘ value-based payment incentives ⓘ
focusesOn	care transitions ⓘ chronic disease management ⓘ population health management ⓘ preventive care ⓘ
geographicScope	primarily United States ⓘ
governanceFeature	defined attribution rules for patients ⓘ distribution rules for shared savings or losses ⓘ formal contracts among participating providers ⓘ
hasMember	clinics ⓘ hospitals ⓘ other health care providers ⓘ physicians ⓘ
hasProgramVariant	Accountable Care Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medicaid ACOs Medicare Advantage ACO-like arrangements ⓘ Accountable Care Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ⓘ surface form: Next Generation ACO Model Pioneer ACO Model ⓘ commercial payer ACOs ⓘ
implementedBy	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ⓘ
introducedInContextOf	United States health care reform ⓘ
performanceMetric	patient experience measures ⓘ per capita cost of care ⓘ quality of care measures ⓘ utilization measures ⓘ
primaryGoal	enhance patient experience ⓘ improve quality of care ⓘ reduce health care costs ⓘ
regulatoryBody	Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ⓘ surface form: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center
requires	care management capabilities ⓘ data sharing among providers ⓘ health information technology infrastructure ⓘ
serves	defined patient population ⓘ
usesPaymentModel	global budget arrangements ⓘ shared risk ⓘ shared savings ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Accountable Care Organizations → alsoKnownAs → Accountable Care Organizations ⓘ

this entity surface form: ACOs

Accountable Care Organizations → hasProgramVariant → Accountable Care Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs

Accountable Care Organizations → hasProgramVariant → Accountable Care Organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medicaid ACOs

Affordable Care Act → introducedPolicy → Accountable Care Organizations ⓘ