title: Accountable care organizations, the patient-centered medical home, and health care reform: what does it all mean?
abstract: Medical 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.
authors: Medicine Institute, G1-055, Cleveland Clinic,OH 44195, USA. longwod@ccf.org
authors: David L
authors: DL
authors: Longworth
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States