• Cleve Clin J Med · Sep 2011

    Accountable care organizations, the patient-centered medical home, and health care reform: what does it all mean?

    • David L Longworth.
    • Medicine Institute, G1-055, Cleveland Clinic,OH 44195, USA. longwod@ccf.org
    • Cleve Clin J Med. 2011 Sep 1;78(9):571-82.

    AbstractMedical care in the United States is plagued by extremely high costs, poor quality, and fragmented delivery. In response, new concepts of integrated health care delivery have developed, including patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations (ACOs). This article reviews these concepts and includes a detailed discussion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' ACO and Shared Savings Proposed Rule.

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