Getting More Savings from ACOs - Can the Pace Be Pushed?

J Michael McWilliams1, Bruce E Landon1, Vinay K Rathi1

  • 1From the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School (J.M.M., B.E.L., M.E.C.), the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (J.M.M.), the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (B.E.L.), the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (V.K.R.), and Harvard Business School (V.K.R.) - all in Boston.

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