Background Spending and quality under global budgets remain unknown beyond 2 years.
We evaluated spending and quality measures during the first 4 years of the Blue Cross Blue …

Objective To develop an exploratory taxonomy of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO s)
to describe and understand early ACO development and to provide a basis for technical …

A historically fragmented US health care system, where care has been delivered by multiple
providers with little or no coordination, has led to increasing issues with access, cost, and …

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are rapidly being implemented across the United
States, but little is known about what environmental and organizational factors are …

There are now more than seven hundred accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the
United States. This article describes some of their most salient characteristics including the …

Even though most adult primary care physicians may not realize it, they each can be seen as
a chief executive officer (CEO) in charge of approximately $10 million of annual revenue …

Objective To provide the first nationally based information on physician practice involvement
in ACO s. Data Sources/Study Setting Primary data from the third National Survey of …

We examined areas of potential collaboration between accountable care organizations and
public health agencies, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators. We interviewed 9 key …

With access that is spotty, 1 quality that is uneven, 2 and care that is often suboptimal, we lag
behind other countries in key health metrics such as life expectancy and infant mortality. 3 …

Lessons from community-oriented primary care in the United States can offer insights into
how we could improve population health by integrating the public health, social service, and …