The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recently proposed new guidelines regarding antitrust enforcement of accountable care organizations — the new health care delivery model mandated by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) pursuant to its “shared savings program.” This statement was issued in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed regulations implementing the shared savings program, as part of a coordinated interagency effort to facilitate health care provider participation in the shared savings program, so as to achieve the cost savings and improvement in quality of care Congress intended.
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David R. Garcia
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