title: Medicaid ACOs: Innovation Follows the Brave.
abstract: Applying the ACO framework to Medicaid runs head on into a stubborn challenge: the disproportionate impact of socioeconomic factors on health in the Medicaid population. Poor health outcomes in low-income populations are often exacerbated by unstable employment and housing, transportation difficulties, and lack of access to nutritious food.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dalzell
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000639:trends*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000639:trends*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States