Announcing a New Online Course about
Accountable Care Organizations

It’s no secret – the cost of health care in our country has been significantly rising. We are challenged with finding innovative ways to improve the safety and quality of patient care while making health care more affordable for more people.  

One potential solution is to help health plans, doctors, hospitals, and other providers better coordinate care through the establishment of Affordable Care Organizations (ACOs). ACOs create incentives to work together to treat an individual patient across care settings. They will most likely play a major role in improving our health care system.

AHIP’s Accountable Care Organizations online course covers ACOs from a historical perspective to their future impact on health care delivery and payment reforms. After completing the course, you will have answers to questions such as "What are ACOs?", "How do ACOs affect U.S. health care?", "How are savings or deficits shared?", and more.

The course curriculum includes:

• The definition and purpose of Accountable Care Organizations
• The history of Accountable Care Organizations
• The impact of ACOs on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicare
• ACOs role beyond Medicare
• ACOs versus HMOs
• Much more

Stay ahead of the learning curve. Register today.

The ACO course is part of a developing educational series

The Accountable Care Organizations course is the second in a series of online courses that we're developing to help you better understand new and modified health system structures. Additional courses will cover fraud, product premiums, and ethics and professional conduct. For updates on the progress of these courses, contact our Support Team at Support@AHIPInsuranceEducation.org or 800.509.4422.

The first course in the series covers Health Insurance Exchanges

Understand Exchanges and their role in the changing health care system by taking AHIP's online course Health Insurance Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). You’ll learn the definition, history, and purpose of Exchanges. You’ll study successful cases and learn from those that failed. Find out more about this new online course by clicking here. And then click here to register.

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