title: Refusing our default future: organizations that are accountable for care can lower costs and improve quality.
abstract: Models of health care payment and delivery are being rapidly transformed. In North Carolina, multiple organizations are involved in this redesign. Cornerstone Health Care has reorganized its care models and renegotiated its contracts in order to improve the quality and lower the cost of health care.
authors.affiliation: Cornerstone Health Care, High Point, North Carolina 27262, USA. grace.terrell@cornerstonehealthcare.com
authors.forename: Grace Emerson
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Terrell
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D009657:North Carolina; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive