Orange Accountable Care of South Florida

Module 2 – SLP

MANAGED CARE AND ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS

 SLP Assignment Expectations

1. Conduct some preliminary research on the initiatives and formation of one ACO in your state or any state of your choice.
   1. How is this ACO organized (it can be one of the five models listed on the Module Home page)?
   2. How do payers pay this ACO?
   3. How are payments distributed among the providers within this ACO?
   4. What are the quality measures used to evaluate the performance of this ACO? And what are the rewards and penalties for performance quality?

You can start your research by visiting the Integrated Healthcare Association website:http://www.iha.org/

Watch this short video:

Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Trends in Healthcare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1E_nS6TkNM