Fact Based List:

Robert Berenson, Rachel A. Burton, and Megan McGrath: Drawbacks to joining an ACO

  1. Added bureaucracy
  2. Loss of autonomy
  3. Referral restrictions
  4. Incentive or payment systems that fail to make a clean break with fee-for-service

Source: "Do Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Help or Hinder Primary Care Physicians’ Ability to Deliver High-Quality Care?" The Commonwealth Fund/In Brief, September 21, 2016
Source URL: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/in-brief/2016/s...