Hackensack Accountable Care Organization First To Be Accredited By National Group

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations HackensackAlliance Accountable Care Organization recently became the first such organization in the state to receive accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the only national group that accredits ACOs. The Alliance estimates that it saved roughly $10 million in treating 12,000 Medicare patients between April 2012 and April 2013. The Alliance says it did that while also boosting the the quality of care by employing such techniques as providing some patients with tablet computers that remind them to take their medications. ACOs are groups of healthcare providers that agree to be held accountable . . .