title: Degrees of accountability. Everyone's looking to gain an edge in the upcoming regs governing ACOs.
abstract: Organizations with any stake in healthcare are weighing in on possible regulations for ACOs as the CMS gets ready to deliver its rules in early 2011. "We're very concerned that there's a predetermined model in people's mind that an ACO is a health maintenance organization writ large," said Richard Morrison, left, of the Adventist Health Policy Association.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vesely
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D033161:Government Regulation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States