A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

A health provider-led organization designed to manage a patient’s full continuum of care and be responsible for the overall costs and quality of care for a defined population. Multiple forms of ACOs are possible, including large integrated delivery systems, physician-hospital organizations, multi-specialty practice groups with or without hospital ownership, independent practice associations and virtual interdependent networks of physician practices. (See Delivery System Reform chapter.)