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ACO Advocacy/Policy

This page features documents and resources related to legislation involving Accountable Care Organizations.

ACO Regulations - Background Materials

• AMGA Highlights of Proposed ACO Regulations
• Legal Issues Regarding Accountable Care Organizations
• What Patients Need To Know
• What Providers Need To Know
• Summary OF Proposed Rules Provisions
• Improving Quality of Care for Medicare Patients
• Medicare Shared Savings Program: A New Proposal to Foster Better, Patient-Centered Care
• Q&A Regarding Medicare Shared Savings Program

Comments and Legislation

• AMGA Comments on ACO Proposed Rule
• AMGA Letter to Donald Berwick, MD, CMS Administrator, on Accountable Care Organization Proposals
• AMGA Comments on CMS Request for Information on ACOs
• AMGA Comments on NCQA Draft ACO Criteria
• Legislative Language Establishing Accountable Care Organizations

Issue Briefs

2010

• Separate Medical Malpractice Protection for ACOs
• A Separate SGR Pool for ACOs

2009

• Accountable Care Organizations: Lynchpin of Reform

Public Relations

• AMGA ACO Ad in Roll Call, September 23, 2009

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