title: A return to the dark days of unaccountable care?
abstract: The ACA forced the kind of accountability that had been mostly talk, with little action, for the better part of two decades. It set standards for the development of quality measures and, through more than a dozen programs, tied Medicare payments to performance on those measures and others related to readmission rates, safety standards, and patient satisfaction. What happens if it goes?
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dalzell
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D035082:Federal Government; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States