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• A group of health care providers who give coordinated care, chronic disease management, and thereby improve the quality of care patients get. The organization's payment is tied to achieving health care quality goals and outcomes that result in cost savings.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Accountable Care Organization. (n.d.). HealthCare.gov Glossary. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/accountable-care-organization.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Accountable Care Organization. HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/accountable-care-organization (accessed: June 9, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Accountable Care Organization." HealthCare.gov Glossary. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/accountable-care-organization.

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