On 12/23/2013, Medicare announced 123 new Accountable Care Organizations, covering approximately 1.5 million more Medicare beneficiaries. The list of new ACOs may be found here: ACOs with start date 1/1/2014. Lists of ACOs previously announced are here: Start date April 1, 2012 (27 ACOs, ~375,000 beneficiaries in 18 States) Start date July 1, 2012 (87 ACOs) Start date January 1, 2013 (106 ACOs) With the …

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