New Products on Antitrust and Affordable Care Organizations

The Medicare Shared Savings Program was created as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (health reform legislation) and established a new type of care delivery and payment model known as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).  Designed to improve quality and reduce costs in the Medicare fee-for-service program, ACOs encourage physicians, hospitals and other health care providers to become accountable for a patient population through integrated health care delivery systems. Federal antitrust enforcers have set forth through guidance several categories of ACO antitrust review for those ACOs participating in the Medicare ACO program to clarify how competition will be protected in the health care marketplace. For more information, read our new Fast Facts and Myth Busters, linked below.
 
Myth Buster: Antitrust waivers protect anyone participating in an Accountable Care Organization
Fast Facts: What are antitrust waivers for Medicare's Shared Savings Program?