by Robert Neil
A new health-care delivery model—one that could drastically alter how the industry is run—took another significant step forward at the end of March, when the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued proposed rules to govern Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These highly touted entities, outlined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed into law in 2010, are designed to create strong networks of physicians and hospitals with aligned incentives focused on patient quality of care and costs. ( See Exhibit 1
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