While accountable care organizations, or ACOs, are designed to contain health care costs and address inconsistency in health care quality, the evidence so far shows they've achieved only limited success in meeting these goals.
Additional information about research supported by the Commonwealth Fund-can be obtained at https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/journal-article/2018/oct/physician-practices-early-acos?omnicid=EALERT1496319&mid=thomas@asahp.org.