Accountable Care Organizations and the Allergist: Challenges and Opportunities
Autor: | Daniel Ein, Michael B. Foggs |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Medicare
Health Services Accessibility Allergy and Immunology Patient-Centered Care Health care Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Practice Management Medical Humans Organizational Objectives Immunology and Allergy Medicine Fee-for-service Quality of Health Care Actuarial science Accountable Care Organizations Delivery of Health Care Integrated Medicaid business.industry Primary care physician Information technology Fee-for-Service Plans Health Care Costs Public relations Private sector United States Independent Practice Associations Health Care Reform Models Organizational Allergists Health Expenditures business Patient Care Bundles |
Zdroj: | The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 2:34-39 |
ISSN: | 2213-2198 |
Popis: | For decades, health care policy experts have wrestled with ways to solve problems of access, cost, and quality in US health care. The current consensus is that the solution to all three lies in changing financial incentives for providers and delivering care through integrated systems. The currently favored vehicle for this, both in the public and private sectors, is through Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Medicare has several models and has fostered rapid growth in the number of operative ACOs. At least an equal number of private ACOs are in operation. Whether or not these organizations will fulfill their promise is unknown but there is reason for cautious optimism. Allergists can and should be part of the process of this transformation in our health care system. They can be integral to helping these organizations save money by reducing hospitalizations and improving the quality of allergy and asthma care in the populations served. In order to accomplish this, allergists must become more involved in their medical communities and hospitals. |
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