Which of the Following Statements BEST Describes Accountable Care Organizations

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements BEST describes Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) ?

• A) ACOs are based on a Medicare waiver program that coordinated cardiac care
• B) ACOs are effective coordinating care but ineffective decreasing costs
• C) ACOs require risk sharing that is easily tolerated by provider organizations
• D) ACOs that left the program did so for operational reasons
• E) ACOs are developing at a rapid pace with CMS anticipating all payment models will be transitioned to negative and positive risk sharing models by 2017

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