“ACO” (Accountable Care Organizations) - Health Care News San Antonio Healthcare is famous for its three letter acronyms. Over the past 40 years we have been given the HMO, PPO, MSO, and the MCO to just name a few. Today there is a new “three letter” name in the market, ACO. The ACO’s full name is Accountable Care Organization and just as many of its predecessors, it is the latest ...
What is a 4010, a 5010 and Why Should I Care? Out of the Big Attention Getters in our industry these days – Electronic Health Records, ICD-10 and the 5010 format – the one with the deadline coming up quickest is the 5010 format. Who do these changes affect? What is a “4010” and “5010” anyway? Should I care? Well, I would say anyone concerned about cash flow or prescribing elect...