ACO definition

ACO means an organization of health care providers that has a formal legal structure, is identified by a federal Taxpayer Identification Number, and agrees to be accountable for the quality, cost, and overall care of the patients assigned to it.

Split View

AI-Powered Contracts

Draft, Review & Redline at the Speed of AI

Get StartedSchedule a Demo

ACO means an accountable care organization that contracts with the state's Medicaid program for:

ACO means an accountable care organization.

Examples of ACO in a sentence

• The Improvement Target is based on at least a 20% improvement each year in the gap between Goal Benchmark and the Attainment Threshold of each ACO measure.

• EOHHS will weight and sum the Contractor’s performance across all domains and then apply results of the bonus element to calculate one overall ACO Quality Score per performance year.

• EOHHS will weight each CP’s CP Quality Score by the volume of that CP’s enrollment within the ACO relative to the volume of all other CP subcontractors within the same ACO.

• The CP Quality Score shall be used in the determination of incentive payments made by the Contractor to each of its subcontracted CPs. This Section of the Appendix describes the individual measures, and general methodology EOHHS will use to calculate the Contractor’s scores (i.e., ACO Quality Score, ACO Health Equity Score, and CP Quality Score), as further specified by EOHHS.

• The Contractor’s ACO Quality Score and ACO Health Equity Score will be applied to performance incentive payment as described in Section 4.6. Community Partner Quality Scores will be applied to incentive payments to CP subcontractors as described in Section 2.6.E.

More Definitions of ACO

ACO means the Allied Command for Operations;

ACO means OneCare Vermont Accountable Care Organization, LLC, and more generally refers to a legal entity that is recognized and authorized under applicable State, Federal or Tribal law, is identified by a TIN, and is formed by one or more Providers that agree to work together to be accountable for the ACO Activities, as established by an ACO Program.

ACO means “Buyer’s Representative”, unless otherwise noted. Regulatory Cite Title 52.202-1 Definitions 52.203-3 Gratuities 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government 52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures

ACO throughout this clause. Insert “or Buyer” after “Government” in paragraph (b). Unless otherwise specified by this Subcontract, the minimum kinds and amount of insurance shall be as described in FAR 28.307- 2.)

ACO means Accountable Care Organizations and consists of a group of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality care to the Medicare patients they serve.

ACO means “Buyer’s Representative”, unless otherwise noted.

ACO and insert “Buyer” after “Government” except for paragraph (f) where add “or Buyer” after “Government”.) 52-223-6 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE 52.224-1 PRIVACY ACT NOTIFICATION. 52.224-2 PRIVACY ACT. 52.224-3 PRIVACY TRAINING. (Applies when subcontractor employees will (1) have access to a system of records; (2) create, collect, use, process, store, maintain, disseminate, disclose, or otherwise handle personally identifiable information, or (3) design, develop, maintain, or operate a system of records.) 52.225-13 RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN PURCHASES.