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Best Practices for Creating an Accountable Care Organization

The U.S. health care system is moving toward Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), groups of health care providers who agree to be accountable for the quality, cost, and overall care of Medicare patients. According to the Future of Health Care Survey conducted by The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest medical malpractice insurer, 57 percent of doctors are either undecided or need more information regarding ACO participation.