We are now in full swing for moving healthcare reform forward. Regardless of how you "feel" about it, there will be changes to the healthcare system, allowing for health care for every one. This is a very debatable and heated topic, so instead of sharing my personal beliefs, I'm just going to post a few facts about the Accountable Care Act. Enjoy!! - ACA is ~2000 page document -the managed care plans have already started the ACO work; negotiations have already been decided between hospitals and mged care plans -ACO: local health care organization with a network of providers such as PCP, specialist, and hospitals that are accountable for the cost & quality of healthcare -Purpose of ACO is to deliver efficient and coordinated care; rewarded with a financial bonus for achieving performance benchmarks set by CMS (Centers for Medicare & MEdicaid Services) source: Managed Care Magazine, Oct 2010, 12-13 -goal is to deter overuse of services -Pt Protect