An Inflection Point for Federal ACO Development? Provider Leaders Throw Down the Gauntlet to CMS

Healthcare Informatics: If ever there were an inflection point for the development of accountable care organizations (ACOs), now would seem to be that moment in U.S. healthcare.  The sending of the Feb. 6 letter to Marilyn Tavenner, R.N., the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, by senior leaders at the Bradenton, Fla.-based National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), the nationwide advocacy group for ACOs, could not have been more pointedly timed.

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