Importance The Affordable Care Act is the most important health care legislation enacted in
the United States since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The law …

Physician Consolidation: Rapid Movement From Small To Large Group Practices, 2013–15 |
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Relationships between physicians and hospitals have changed considerably over the past
decade, as hospitals and physician groups have integrated and new public and private …

Provider consolidation has been associated with higher health care prices and spending.
The prevailing wisdom is that payment reform will accelerate consolidation, especially …

Policy Points Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Vermont leveraged State Innovation
Model awards to implement Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs). Flexibility in …

Health Reform and the Changing Safety Net in the United States | New England Journal of
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Background: Since the 1980s, primary care (PC) in the US has been recognized as the
backbone of healthcare providing comprehensive care to complex patients, coordinating …

Objective: We aimed to characterize the landscape of surgeon participation in early
accountable care organizations (ACOs) and to identify specialty-, organization-, and market …

The US health care system continues to evolve toward value-based payment, rewarding
providers based upon outcomes per dollar spent. To date, payment innovation has largely …

Objective The concept of shifting from volume (ie, billing for as many patients and services
as possible) to value (ie, reducing costs while improving quality) has been a key …