Expert Says Accountable Care Organizations Must Embrace Patient Choice to be Successful

Nov 24, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

ACOs will change how clinical laboratories and pathology groups provide medical lab tests Clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups will need to gear up to support accountable care organizations (ACO) in advance of Medicare’s “Shared Savings Program” launch in January 2012. But decades after the first ACOs opened their doors, some experts debate whether they’ve succeeded in their mission, which begs the question, are they a good idea at all? According to the Integrated Healthcare...
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