The ACO will be launched in Jan. 2011 and will be called ProHealth Solutions. It is designed to participate in Medicare’s new Shared Saving Program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The ACO will be a virtual community with one electronic medical record, and will include a comprehensive quality improvement program with technology that measures specific clinical and efficiency outcomes for each physician.
Read the Business Journal report on southeastern Wisconsin’s first ACO.
Read more about ACOs:
–10 Stories on How to Develop an Accountable Care Organization
–5 Key Questions on How ACOs Will Function: From Robert Betka at Catalyst Management Advisors
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