Is There a Home for Oncology in ACOs?

OncologySTAT Editorial Team. 2011 May 4, Patrick Cobb, MD; Ted Okon

Abstract

Dr. Patrick Cobb is immediate past President of the Community Oncology Alliance and Chairman of the COA Policy Committee and Ted Okon is Executive Director, Community Oncology Alliance.  Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are being heralded by some policy makers as the salvation for the health care system in the United States. Others are less sanguine about the ability of ACOs to actually see the light of day and deliver on the promise of reigning in escalating health care costs. In fact, there...

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