The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandated several types of new arrangements of care. One of these is the Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Explain what ACOs are, whom they serve, and how they are supposed to reduce costs of care.
ACO is an organization that consist of doctors, suppliers of health care e.g hospitals, clinics, all health care services, and anyone involved in patient care to provide the best possible care for all medicare patients. This model was adopted by the Affordable Care ACTwith the number one goal of providing timely, accessible and appropriate care for all medicare patients. Not only was the ACO suppose to provide the best care, but a very important aim was to reduce unnecessary hospitalization of patients,
ACO is an organization that consist of doctors, suppliers of health care e.g hospitals, clinics, all health care services, and anyone involved in patient care to provide the best possible care for all medicare patients. This model was adopted by the Affordable Care ACTwith the number one goal of providing timely, accessible and appropriate care for all medicare patients. Not only was the ACO suppose to provide the best care, but a very important aim was to reduce unnecessary hospitalization of patients,