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Health Care & Hospital Law

Sep. 14, 2011

Health care providers unsure of new collaborative organizations

Decades of regulations to prevent collusion between doctors and hospitals are at odds with new federal guidelines for "accountable care organizations" -- structures that are meant to cut health care costs and improve quality.


By Mandy Jackson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Decades of regulations to prevent collusion between doctors and hospitals are at odds with new federal guidelines for structures meant to cut health care costs and improve quality.


The concept of "accountable care organizations" outlined in last year's health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, provides incentives for doctors, hospitals and other health car...

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