Video: Understanding The New HHS ACO Rule

KHN’s Jordan Rau explains how the Obama administration envisions accountable care organizations, which are designed to help hospitals and doctors form new networks to coordinate patients’ care. Officials estimate that the ACOs could save Medicare up to $960 million over three years. ACOs are a feature of the new health law.

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<h1>Video: Understanding The New HHS ACO Rule</h1>
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<p>KHN’s Jordan Rau explains how the Obama administration envisions accountable care organizations, which are designed to help hospitals and doctors form new networks to coordinate patients’ care. Officials estimate that the ACOs could save Medicare up to $960 million over three years. ACOs are a feature of the new health law. </p><p>      <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2011/03/033111_khn_hoth_audio.mp3">        <strong>Listen to the audio</strong> </a>      <strong>(.mp3) or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/7F14B3E8-E121-4A9D-9599-0E8168817CCE">read the transcript.</a></strong> </p><p>      <strong>See related story: <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/legacy/8A6F4551-C45B-4310-A951-1FBEAA711AF9">HHS Says ACOs Could Save Medicare Up To $960 Million Over 3 Years</a> </strong>    </p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/033111-accountable-care-organizations/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/033111-accountable-care-organizations/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/033111-accountable-care-organizations/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Video%3A%20Understanding%20The%20New%20HHS%20ACO%20Rule&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F033111-accountable-care-organizations%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/033111-accountable-care-organizations/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/033111-accountable-care-organizations/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/033111-accountable-care-organizations/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10081&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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