Accountable Care Organizations

Key Facts

• Medicare accountable care organizations

(ACOs) are provider-led medical groups that provide coordinated care to the beneficiaries they serve. Patients are assigned to an ACO based on their health care utilization histories.

• The goal of ACOs is to provide quality care to a population of patients, while reducing costs for Medicare.

• ACOs have contributed to the drive towards value-based care in Medicare and generated modest savings to date.

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