Resumen de Accountable Care Organizations' Payments to Physicians: Patients Should Have the Right to Know.
Mayce Mansour, Nathan Favini, Michael A. Carome, Sidney Wolfe, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein
An editorial is presented which addresses the authors' claim that patients should have the right to know about payments made by accountable care organizations to physicians in America as of 2017, and it mentions physician payment arrangements involving health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in the country. The U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the nation's Medicare health insurance program are assessed, along with incentives in medicine.
