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Balto, D., “Making Health Reform Work: Accountable Care Organizations and Competition,” Center for American Progress, February 2011.
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Berkowitz, S., Miller, E., “Accountable Care Organizations at Academic Medical Centers – Lessons from Johns Hopkins ,” New England Journal of Medicine 2011; 364:e12 February 17, 2011
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, "The Affordable Care Act: Helping Providers Help Patients: A Menu of Options for Improving Care," October, 2011
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Chernew, M.E., Mechanic, R.E., Landon, B.E., Safran, D.G., “Private-Payer Innovation in Massachusetts: The ‘Alternative Quality Contract,’” Health Affairs, January 2011 30(1):51–61.
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DeVore S. and Champion, R. W., “Driving Population Health Through Accountable Care Organizations,” Health Affairs, January 2011, vol. 30 no. 1, 41-50.
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Ginsburg, P.B., “Spending to Save — ACOs and the Medicare Shared Savings Program,” New England Journal of Medicine, May 25, 2011.
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Goldsmith, J. , “Accountable Care Organizations: The Case For Flexible Partnerships Between Health Plans And Providers,” Health Affairs,  January 2011, vol. 30 no. 1 32-40. 
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McClellan, M. , McKethan, A.N., et al, “A National Strategy to Put Accountable Care into Practice,” Health Affairs, June, 2011
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McClellan, M. and Fisher, E., “Accountable Care Organizations: A Framework For Evaluating Proposed Rules,” Health Affairs Blog, March 31st, 2011
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Morrison, I., “Chasing Unicorns: The Future of ACOs,” Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine, January 3, 2011.
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Newman, D., “Accountable Care Organizations and the Medicare Shared Savings Program,” CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, May 26, 2011.
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Shields, M.C., Patel, P.H., et al. “A Model for Integrating Independent Physicians into Accountable Care Organizations,” Health Affairs, January 2011, vol. 30 no. 1, 161-172.
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Singer, S., Shortell, S., “Implementing Accountable Care Organizations: Ten Potential Mistakes and How to Learn From Them,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 2011;306(7):758-759. Published online August 9, 2011.doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1180.
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Burke, T., Rosenbaum, S., “Accountable Care Organizations: Implications for Antitrust Policy,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, March 2010
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Congressional Budget Office, Director’s Blog, “The Effects of Health Reform on the Federal Budget,”  April 12, 2010
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Crosson, F.J., Tollen, L.A, editors, Partners in Health: How Physicians and Hospitals Can Be Accountable Together,  Jossey-Bass, 2010
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Davis, K, Guterman, S., Collins, S.R. et al, “Starting On the Path to a High Performance Health System: Analysis of the Payment and System Reform Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010,” The Commonwealth Fund, September 2010.
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Fisher, E.S., Shortell, S.M., “Accountable Care Organizations: Accountable for What to Whom, and How,” Commentary, Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 304, No. 15, October 20, 2010
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Kocher, R., Sahni, N.R,  “Physicians versus Hospitals as Leaders of Accountable Care Organizations,” New England Journal of Medicine, November 10, 2010
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Luft, H.S., “Becoming Accountable — Opportunities and Obstacles for ACOs,”  New England Journal of Medicine, October 7, 2010; 363:1389-1391
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MacKinney, C., Mueller, K. J., McBride, T. D., “The March to Accountable Care Organizations—How Will Rural Fare?” The Journal of Rural Health, Volume 27, Issue 1, Article first published online: 3 Dec 2010
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McClellan, M., McKethan, A.N., Lewis, J.l., et al., “A National Strategy to Put Accountable Care into Practice,”  Health Affairs, May 2010 vol. 29 no. 5, 982-990
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Mechanic, D., “Replicating High-Quality Medical Care Organizations,”   Commentary, Journal of the American Medical Association, 2010, 303(6):555-556
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Miller, H.D., “How to Create an Accountable Care Organization,”  Center for Health Care Quality and Payment Reform, 2009.

Shortell, SD., Casalino, L., Fisher, E., “How the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Should Test Accountable Care Organizations,” July 2010 vol. 29 no. 7 1293-1298
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Weeks, W.B., Gottlieb, D.J., et al., “Higher Health Care Quality and Bigger Savings Found at Large Multispecialty Medical Groups,” Health Affairs (Millwood), May 2010; vol. 29 no. 5,991-997
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“Competition in Health Care: It Takes Systems to Pursue Quality and Efficiency,” A.C. Enthoven and L.A. Tollen, Health Affairs Web Exclusive, September 7, 2005.
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“Measure, Learn, and Improve: Physicians’ Involvement in Quality Improvement,” A.M. Audet, M.M. Doty, J. Shamasdin, and S. Schoenbaum, Health Affairs, May/June 2005, 24(3):843–53.
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“The QUEST for quality: what are medical groups doing about it?” LI. Solberg, PJ O’Connor, JB Christianson, RR Whitebird, WA Rush, GM Amundson. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, 2005, Apr; 31(4):211-9.
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Toward a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice. Alain C. Enthoven and Laura A. Tollen, Editors, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. In particular:
• “Preface, ” Alain C. Enthoven and Laura A. Tollen
• “Prepaid Groups and Organized Delivery Systems: Promise, Performance, and Potential,” S. Shortell and J. Schmittdiel, Chapter 1.
• “The Clinical and Economic Performance of Prepaid Group Practice,” Kennth H. Chuang, Harold S. Luft, and R. Adams Dudley, Chapter 3.
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“Physician Organization and Care Management in California: From Cottage to Kaiser.” Diane Rittenhouse, Kevin Grumbach, Edward H. O’Neil, Catherine Dower, and Andrew Bindman. Health Affairs, November/December 2004, 23(6): 51-62.
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“Information Technologies: When Will They Make It Into Physicians’ Black Bags?” Anne-Marie Audet, Michelle Doty, Jordon Peugh, Jamil Shamasdin, Kinga Zapert, and Stephen Schoenbaum. Medscape General Medicine, 2004; 6(4): 2. Published online, 2004 December 6.
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“The Use of Patient and Physician Reminders for Preventive Services: Results From a National Study of Physician Organizations.” Julie Schmittdiel, PhD, Sara B. McMenamin, PhD, MPH, Helen Ann Halpin, PhD, Robin R. Gillies, PhD. Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, Thomas Rundall, PhD, and Lawrence P. Casalino, MD, PhD, Preventive Medicine, 2004, Nov; 39(5):1000-6
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“Organizational Factors Affecting the Adoption of Diabetes Care Management Processes in Physician Organizations.” Rui Li, Jodie Simon, Thomas Bodenheimer, Robin R. Gillies, Lawrence Casalino, J Schmittdiel and Stephen M. Shortell. Diabetes Care, 2004, Oct;27(10):2312-6.
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“Primary Care and Health System Performance: Adults’ Experiences in Five Countries,” by Cathy Schoen , Robin Osborn , Phuong Trang Huynh , Michelle Doty , Karen Davis, Kinga Zapert , Jordan Peugh, Health Affairs, October, 2004.
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“What Are the Facilitators and Barriers in Physician Organizations’ Use of Care Management Processes?” Thomas Bodenheimer, MC Wang, TG Rundall, Stephen M. Shortell, Robin R. Gillies, N Oswald, Lawrence Casalino and JC Robinson. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, 2004, Sep. 30; (9):505-14.
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“Managed Care Organization and the Quality of Diabetes Care: The Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study,” C. Kim, D. F. Williamson, C.M. Mangione, M.M. Safford, J. V. Selby, D. G. Marrero, J.D. Curb, and T. J. Thompson, Diabetes Care, July 2004, 27(7):1529–34.
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“Health Promotion in Physician Organizations: Results from a National Study,” S. McMenamin, J. Schmittdiel, H.A. Halpin, R. Gillies, T. Rundall, and S M. Shortell, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, May 2004, 26(4):259–64
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“Time to Reconsider Organized Systems of Care.” National Business Group on Health, Issue Brief, Institute on Health Care Costs and Solutions, March/April 2004, 3(2).

“Primary Care Practice Coordination Versus Physician Continuity.” Patricia Parkerton, Dean G. Smith, and Hugh L. Straley. Family Medicine, 2004, 36(1): 15-21.
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“Support for Smoking Cessation Interventions in Physician Organizations,” S.B. McMenamin, H.H. Schauffler, S.M. Shortell, T. G. Rundall, and R. R. Gillies, Medical Care, Dec. 2003, 41(12):1396–1406.
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“Benefits of and Barriers to Large Medical Group Practice in the United States.” Casalino, L, KJ Devers, TK Lake, M Reed, and JJ Stoddard. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2003, Sep. 8; 163(16): 1958-1964.
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“External Incentives, Information Technology, and Organized Processes to Improve Health Care Quality for Patients with Chronic Diseases.” Lawrence Casalino, Robin Gillies, Stephen M .Shortell, Julie Schmittdiel, Thomas Bodenheimer, James C. Robinson, Thomas G. Rundall, Nancy Oswald, Helen Schauffler, Margaret C. Wang. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, 289(4): 434-441.
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“Integrated care: meaning, logic, applications, and implications– a discussion paper,” International Journal of Integrated Care – Vol. 2, 14 November 2002 – ISSN 1568-4156
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“HMO Plan Performance Update: An Analysis of the Literature, 1997–2001.” Robert H. Miller and Harold S. Luft. Health Affairs, 2002, 21(4), 63–86.
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“Getting More for Their Dollar: A Comparison of the NHS with California’s Kaiser Permanente.” Richard Feachem, Neelam D. Sekhri, and Karen L. White. British Medical Journal, 2002, 324, 135–141.
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“California Physicians 2002: Practice and Perceptions.” Grumbach, K, C Dower, S Mutha, J Yoon, W Huen, D Keane, DR Rittenhouse, AB Bindman. California Workforce Initiative at the UCSF Center for Health Professions, San Francisco, December 2002.
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“As Good As It Gets? Chronic Care Management in Nine Leading US Physician Organisations.” Rundall, TG, SM Shortell, MC Wang, L Casalino, T Bodenheimer, RR Gillies, JA Schmittdiel, N Oswald, JC Robinson. British Medical Journal, 2002, 325, 958-961.
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