title: Tips for medical practice success in the upcoming accountable care era.
abstract: Due to the unsustainable cost of healthcare, the movement to accountable care will be inevitable. This author predicts that recent Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) regulations will energize ACO development. There are specific practical strategies every medical practice leader should know in order to navigate this new healthcare environment successfully. There is a window of opportunity, which will not stay open long, to control a medical practice's destiny in molding a fair, sustainable, and successful ACO. Not being prepared and defaulting to the status quo through passivity is also a choice that promises more work for less compensation for medical practices. The choice is clear, and the blueprint for success is available.
authors.affiliation: Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, 2500 Wachovia Capitol Center, 150 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA. bbobbitt@smithlaw.com
authors.forename: Julian D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bobbitt
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000191:economics; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States