The ACO Final Rule: Game Changer for Primary Care?

These combine to provide the informed primary care physician with options and opportunities to lead the improvement of health care.

The final ACO rule may create the tipping point in the transformation to reward for value, not volume, and be a "game changer" for the role of primary care.

Mr. Bobbitt is a senior partner and head of the Health Law Group at the Smith Anderson law firm in Raleigh, N.C. He has spoken and written nationally to primary care physicians on the strategies and practicalities of forming or joining ACOs. This article is meant to be educational and does not constitute legal advice. Contact Mr. Bobbitt at bbobbitt@smithlaw.com or 919-821-6612.