title: The ACO wake-up call. A hospital confronts payment reform with a physician joint venture.
abstract: A hospital responds to payment reform with a uniquely structured physician joint venture.
authors.affiliation: Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, Ill, USA. sgmorrissette@gmail.com
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Morrissette
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States