A third of Medicare beneficiaries assigned to accountable care organizations (ACOs) in 2010 or 2011 were not assigned to the same ACO in both years and much of the specialty care received was provided outside the patients» assigned ACO, suggesting challenges to
achieving organizational accountability in Medicare.
«Although the structure of ACOs and their responses to new payment incentives will evolve over time, baseline outpatient care patterns among Medicare beneficiaries served by ACOs suggest distinct challenges in
achieving organizational accountability.
And because key employees now know the budgets and review them regularly, we have
organizational accountability.
This is about both personal and
organizational accountability.