An article in American Medical News outlines several questions physicians should ask before joining an accountable care organization or patient-centered medical home.
The questions should revolve around how these organizations will impact the physician's patients and practice. The questions include:
• What must a practice do to participate?
• What care protocol or guidelines have been established and will I have flexibility to take clinical judgment into account?
• What bonuses are available and what changes will be required to achieve them?
• Will insurers encourage patients to go to my practice?
• What will the insurer do to meet the goals of the ACO or PCMH and what kind of data will be provided?
• How will outlier patients be taken into account?
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