Perceived Ethics Dilemmas Among Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations

This study of Pioneer accountable care organizations (ACOs) suggests that the ACO model is creating moral distress for physicians and business leaders in seven critical ways:Despite an overall sense of optimism associated with the ACO model, our research identified an underlying sense of moral distr...

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Published in:Journal of healthcare management 2017-01, Vol.62 (1), p.18-27
Main Authors: Westling, Craig R, Walsh, Thom, Nelson, William A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountable care organizations
Accountable Care Organizations - ethics
Analysis
Clinical outcomes
Contracts
Cost control
Economic incentives
Ethics
Evaluation
Evidence-based medicine
Forecasts and trends
Health administration
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Humans
Interviews
Medical ethics
Medicare
Monetary incentives
Patients
Physicians
Primary care
Reimbursement
Studies
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Summary:This study of Pioneer accountable care organizations (ACOs) suggests that the ACO model is creating moral distress for physicians and business leaders in seven critical ways:Despite an overall sense of optimism associated with the ACO model, our research identified an underlying sense of moral distress at most sites. A clear opportunity exists for ACOs to use a more comprehensive, coordinated approach to proactively resolving ethical dilemmas while continuing the march toward risk-based contracts.
ISSN:1096-9012
1944-7396
DOI:10.1097/00115514-201701000-00005