title: Total Transformation: How ACA Is Driving Changes in the Provider Landscape.
abstract: Motivated by Affordable Care Act provisions designed to put the brakes on rapidly increasing health care costs, employers are adopting numerous strategies for creating greater efficiency in how they purchase health care. The strategies are centered on holding providers more accountable for improving patient outcomes and reducing unnecessary expenses. In conjunction with the federal agency for health care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), they will drastically transform the provider landscape. This article discusses those strategies, along with their potential impact on providers.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calhoun
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers / Q000191:economics*; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D014481:United States