I have blogged quite a bit about ACOs and their potential to lower the cost and raise the quality of health care. Well it looks like MedPAC agrees w/me:
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Newsletters/Washington-Health-Policy-in-Review/2010/Nov/November-29-2010/Accountable-Care-Organizations.aspx
Key paragraph:
The commission said in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that in order to work, ACOs can't simply be given bonus payments if they meet goals for controlling costs and improving quality. They must also pay for some of the overruns if they exceed the spending target they are given.
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