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			<span class="post-date">May 05</span>

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				Posted by <a href="/forum/user/431-nitin-sinha">Nitin Sinha</a>				in <a href="/blog/categories/healthcare">Healthcare</a>			</span>
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	<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Advocate Healthcare had signed Medicare's first Shared Savings Program contract in 2012. The purpose of the contract was to test the ACO model, which offers financial incentives to hospitals and doctors for meeting cost and quality targets. Based on its initial success, Advocate is preparing to expand its ACO and officials believe it is worth of new investments. However, the success achieved through operating Medicare ACO model was not a cakewalk, but rather the success is achieved through failure, experimentation, and adaptation. Read more at: <a href="http://www.healthitoutcomes.com/doc/health-care-system-experiences-encouraging-aco-results-0001" target="_blank">http://www.healthitoutcomes.com/doc/health-care-system-experiences-encouraging-aco-results-0001</a> </span></p></div>

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