Accountable Care Organizations (ACO’s) present a new opportunity for healthcare providers who can demonstrate their ability to deliver high-quality care in a cost-effective manner to Medicare beneficiaries. The collaboration needed to create and operate a successful ACO, and to receive the shared-savings payments from Medicare requires significant investment in infrastructure, careful planning, and consideration of a number of legal issues, including tax, antitrust, Stark, kickback, limitations on gain-sharing, and the regulatory criteria for becoming, and continuing as, an ACO. Our attorneys are experienced in advising clients in all of these areas of law.

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