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ACOmentum? Apr 10th 2012, 20:35 A crucial health-care regulation is starting to win over some of its most important skeptics. The Center for Medicare Services announced this afternoon that it has signed up 27 health care systems for the Accountable Care Organization program. That's the part of the health reform law that gives a team of doctors a flat-fee for managing a set of patients' care. If they can provide high-quality care for a lower cost, the difference as profit. If the idea works, it means the end of Medicare's 'fee-for-service' reimbursement, and the beginning of real pay-for-quality. Read full article >>

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