Journal article
The Case for Enrolling High-Cost Patients in an ACO
HEC forum, Vol.29(4), pp.359-365
12/2017
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-017-9333-4
PMID: 28730518
Abstract
Though accountable care organizations (ACOs) are increasingly important to American healthcare, ethical inquiry into ACOs remains in its nascent stages. Several articles have raised the concern that ACOs have an incentive to avoid enrolling high-cost patients and, thereby, have an incentive to deny care to those who need it the most. This concern is borne out by the reports of consultants working with newly formed ACOs. This paper argues that, contra initial appearances, there is no financial incentive for ACOs to avoid enrolling high-cost patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Case for Enrolling High-Cost Patients in an ACO
- Creators
- Abraham Graber - Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. Agraber@gmail.comShane Carter - Carter HealthCare Solutions, San Antonio, TX, USAAsha Bhandary - Department of Philosophy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAMatthew Rizzo - Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- HEC forum, Vol.29(4), pp.359-365
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10730-017-9333-4
- PMID
- 28730518
- ISSN
- 0956-2737
- eISSN
- 1572-8498
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2017
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984002577902771
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