Accountable Care Organizations (also known as Accountable Care Organization, Care Organization, Accountable): Organizations of health care providers that agree to be accountable for the quality, cost, and overall care of Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in the traditional fee-for-service program who are assigned

NIH MeSH · D060866Health Care

Accountable Care Organizations

Also known asAccountable Care Organization · Care Organization, Accountable · Care Organizations, Accountable · Organization, Accountable Care · Organizations, Accountable Care

Definition

Organizations of health care providers that agree to be accountable for the quality, cost, and overall care of Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in the traditional fee-for-service program who are assigned to it. Assigned means those beneficiaries for whom the professionals in the organization provide the bulk of primary care services. (www.cms.gov/OfficeofLegislation/Downloads/Accountable CareOrganization.pdf accessed 03/16/2011)

MeSH classification

  • N05.300.380.500

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Common questions about Accountable Care Organizations

What does Accountable Care Organizations mean in medicine?
Organizations of health care providers that agree to be accountable for the quality, cost, and overall care of Medicare beneficiaries who are enrolled in the traditional fee-for-service program who are assigned to it. Assigned means those beneficiaries for whom the professionals in the organization provide the bulk of primary care services. (www.cms.gov/OfficeofLegislation/Downloads/Accountable CareOrganization.pdf accessed 03/16/2011) This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.
Is Accountable Care Organizations known by any other names?
Yes. Accountable Care Organizations is also referred to as Accountable Care Organization, Care Organization, Accountable, Care Organizations, Accountable, Organization, Accountable Care in different clinical, research and patient-facing contexts. The MeSH descriptor groups all of these synonyms under a single canonical concept so research and records stay consistent.
Where does Accountable Care Organizations sit in the medical classification?
Accountable Care Organizations falls under the broader medical category "Health Care" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: N05.300.380.500). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D060866) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗