Accountable Care Organizations | AAFP
Learn about accountable care organizations and how they empower family physicians to manage quality care for patients.
ACOs: What to Know | AAFP
An ACO can be almost any combination of group practices, networks of practices, hospitals, hospitals employing other physicians and clinicians, hospital-physician joint ventures, or virtual …
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) | AAFP
Jun 13, 2025 · The AAFP supports the ACO model, and promotes benchmarks, information systems, and payment regulations that protect both patients and family physicians.
CMMI releases nine new payment models - AAFP
Jan 15, 2026 · The models highlight CMMI’s focus on whole-person and lifestyle care and its desire to expand participation to more types of health care organizations. Primary care …
A decade of value-based care: How ACO models succeed
Value-based care can improve health outcomes by prioritizing quality over quantity, reducing waste and enhancing preventive care.
What Family Physicians Need to Know About ACOs | AAFP
Accountable care organizations could be the next big thing in health care delivery. Here's what you need to know – and what you need to do – now.
Patient Attribution: Why It Matters More Than Ever - AAFP
If you are participating in an Advanced APM such as a Medicare ACO or a patient-centered medical home, your Medicare patients will be attributed to you based on the attribution method …
CMMI Models for Primary Care | AAFP
Learn more about the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and how to participate in alternative payment models designed to support primary care.
• Patient assigned to ACO if he or she received at least one primary care service from ACO-affiliated specialist physician and a plurality of primary care from ACO-affiliated specialist …
Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPMs) | AAFP
Learn about Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPMs), one of the two new payment tracks created under MACRA.