Accountable Care Organizations Proliferate Through Private, Government Payer Programs

Speaking at an ACO Summit June 7 in Washington, D.C., several CMS officials spoke of the power of partnership in driving growth in accountable care organizations.

Steering the U.S. health care delivery model to outcomes-based accountable care will take ongoing partnership between Medicare, state Medicaid programs and commercial health plans, CMS officials told attendees of the National Accountable Care Organization Summit in Washington, D.C.

“We cannot do this as government alone,” CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner said at a June 7 session of the...

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