In the third session of our Health Care Reform Web Conference Series, Foley attorneys Frederick Geilfuss, Robert E. Slavkin, Lawrence B. Litwak, and Renate M. Gray discussed Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), in theory and in practice as a vehicle for health care reform, including the role of ACOs in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Topics included:
- What is an ACO?
- PPACA and the legislative framework surrounding ACOs
- Financial, practical, and legal challenges to implementing ACOs
- What providers should do now to prepare for ACO implementation
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