Will Accountable Care Organizations Become ‘HMOs In Drag”?

By Patricia Salber, M.D. via ‘The Doctor Weighs In’ Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are supposed to be provider-led (physician groups +/- hospitals) and, they are supposed to inject a new accountability, at the provider level, for the value of services delivered.  You know the old equation.  VALUE=QUALITY/COST.  Those of us inside the health policy “beltway” …