PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Longworth, David L.
TI  - Accountable care organizations, the patient-centered medical home, and health care reform: What does it all mean?
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.78gr.11003
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 571--582
VI  - 78
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/571.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/571.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2011 Sep 01; 78
AB  - Medical care in the United States is plagued by extremely high costs, poor quality, and fragmented delivery. In response, new concepts of integrated health care delivery have developed, including patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations (ACOs). This article reviews these concepts and includes a detailed discussion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ ACO and Shared Savings Proposed Rule.