Saturday, April 6, 2013

Safety net clinics try a high-tech new model | StarTribune.com

Safety net clinics try a high-tech new model | StarTribune.com:
Assuming Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) will be a given for a few years, I sure hope this experiment is watched closely and evaluated well.  Given their history and purpose I assume they will not be as likely to fall prey to the negative impacts on practice inherent in the ACO model -- think managed care and HMOs.  Their group of patients is the one usually hurt the most in traditional managed care practices -- poor, sick folks suck up all the money in a capitated system so the motivation is to under serve them.  A good evaluation will keep a close eye on how this works, especially on whether they have to turn to private donors to keep the doors open.

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