{"id":700,"date":"2012-01-19T06:23:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T06:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=700"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:21:23","slug":"is-accountable-care-organization-aco-model-viable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/is-accountable-care-organization-aco-model-viable\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model Viable?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGiven the situation, although the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model of medical care seems a safer option, yet the initial clinical & operational realignments and adhering to CMS compliance measures may seem a bit exhausting for physicians. But, sooner or later, ACO can become mandatory requiring radical realignments amongst practitioners. Therefore, rather being forced into an emergency, it is better to sail through the evolutionary period, which makes the transition a little bit easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model of medical care \u2013 one of the important policy decisions to have emerged from the recent healthcare reforms by the Federal Government \u2013 no doubt, promises to be a harbinger of enhanced and streamlined medical care to an ever-swelling population of Medicare beneficiaries. But, because of its far-reaching influence, the physician community seems rather apprehensive of its incentive-sharing model of revenue disbursement among themselves in an ACO model of operation. As Medicare accounts for nearly half of the physicians\u2019 revenues, they cannot be indifferent either. As a policy decision, the ACO model is a strategic way of curbing the Sustainable Growth Rate imbalance (SGR), which has reached its worst possible scenario \u2013 an imminent backlash of a 25% reduction in Medicare<\/a> benefits to the physicians associated with treating Medicare beneficiaries.<\/p>\n

Given the situation, although the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model of medical care seems a safer option, yet the initial clinical & operational realignments and adhering to CMS compliance measures may seem a bit exhausting for physicians. But, sooner or later, ACO can become mandatory requiring radical realignments amongst practitioners. Therefore, rather being forced into an emergency, it is better to sail through the evolutionary period, which makes the transition a little bit easier:<\/p>\n