Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Accountable Care Organizations: Case Study From Florida

Florida Providers Jump On ACO Bandwagon by Daniel Chang.  Miami Herald/Kaiser Health News.  July 24, 2013.

An excellent overview and case study of Accountable Care Organizations.  Follow the above link, read the article, and test and improve your knowledge and retention with the quiz.

(1)  Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are a creation of the ___________________.

(2)  ACOs are designed to address the problem of failure of providers to _________________ because they are paid not based upon _______________________.

(3)  HMOs make their money in two ways:   ____________________________________.

(4)  ACOs will make money by _______________________________.

(5)  Under the ACO concept, the more the providers keep their patients _________________ the bigger the bonus the provider is likely to receive.

(6)  With integrated medical records and coordinated care, primary care physician may be able to reclaim _____________________.

(7)  Consolidations of providers  to achieve economics of scale may run afoul of ____________ laws.

(8)  What has been the results of the Pioneer ACO model?

(9)  The largest healthcare insurer, UnitedHealth Group, found that its ACO contracts produced results including __________________________________________________.

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