Tampa General, USF, Caravan Health form new Medicare ACO

Tampa Bay is getting a new health care system partnership that aims to help reduce emergency room visits. Caravan Health, Tampa General Hospital and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have formed a Medicare Accountable Care Organization to provide coordinated care, or an ACO. ACOs, which are part of the Affordable Care Act and an initiative of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, brings together groups of health care providers that can help Medicare patients by avoiding costly…
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