Industry insiders have watched accountable care organizations (ACOs) thrive at the expense of smaller practices—including more than a few urgent care centers. Now one of the architects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as “Obamacare”), which laid the foundation for the ACOs, is having second thoughts. Bob Kocher, MD, who as a special assistant to President Obama helped shape the ACA, writes in a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece that in spite of …
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