The cost of confusion: healthcare reform and value-based purchasing
Haywood, T.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 64(10): 44-48
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 20922898 Document Number: 645958
Title III of the Affordable Care Act presents two types of opportunities: those whose outcomes pose some uncertainties and those whose outcomes are well known. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) represent an uncertain opportunity, and although they may prove to be a worthwhile pursuit, focus on ACOs should generally not take precedence over more pressing concerns, such as impending loss of Medicare revenue. Value-based purchasing represents an opportunity that, if missed, would likely result in a revenue loss.