MMS Guide to Accountable Care Organizations: What Physicians Need to Know

ACO Guide CoverThis MMS publication provides detailed guidance on the issues that physicians should consider whether they are currently participating in an accountable care organization, forming or joining an ACO, or entering into an integration agreement with another health care organization.

These issues include:

  • Assessing the readiness of a practice to join an ACO
  • Choosing the right ACO
  • How to approach an ACO
  • Technology considerations
  • Legal and governance issues
  • Financial impacts
  • Achieving clinical integration

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