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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Tips for medical practice success in the upcoming accountable care era
1Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP, 2500 Wachovia Capitol Center, 150 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, USA. bbobbitt@smithlaw.com
Abstract:
Due to the unsustainable cost of healthcare, the movement to accountable care will be inevitable. This author predicts that recent Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) regulations will energize ACO development. There are specific practical strategies every medical practice leader should know in order to navigate this new healthcare environment successfully. There is a window of opportunity, which will not stay open long, to control a medical practice's destiny in molding a fair, sustainable, and successful ACO. Not being prepared and defaulting to the status quo through passivity is also a choice that promises more work for less compensation for medical practices. The choice is clear, and the blueprint for success is available.
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