Pituitary tumors are usually found when a person goes to the doctor because of symptoms they are having. But sometimes these tumors donât cause symptoms, and they are found by medical tests done for other health problems.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHARLOTTE, N.C. â Although most accountable care organizations (ACOs) have the health information technology (HIT) to improve clinical quality, poor interoperability across systems and providers remains a barrier, according to an ACO survey conducted by Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) and the eHealth Initiative.
But the health care industry has already embarked on a frenzied quest to create them as quickly as possible. Today, after many delays and false starts, the Obama administration proposed guidelines on how ACOs will work. Here is a brief guide to what we know about ACOs. What is an accountable care organization? An ACO is a network of doctors and hospitals that shares responsibility for providing care to patients. In the new law, an ACO would agree to manage all of the health care needs of a minimum of 5,000 Medicare beneficiaries for at least three years.