title: ACR white paper: Strategies for radiologists in the era of health care reform and accountable care organizations: a report from the ACR Future Trends Committee.
abstract: Accountable care organizations have received considerable attention as a component of health care reform and have been specifically addressed in recent national legislation and demonstration projects by CMS. The role or roles of radiologists in such organizations are currently unclear, as are changes to the ways in which imaging services will be delivered. The authors review concepts fundamental to accountable care organizations and describe roles for radiologists that may facilitate their success in such health care delivery systems.
authors.affiliation: Trinity Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35213, USA. bibb@mac.com
authors.forename: Bibb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brant-Zawadzki
authors.forename: Frank James
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Lexa
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duszak
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States