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. To learn how the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice have ameliorated antitrust concerns over the formation of ACOs, check out our Fast Facts below.
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