The Accountable Care Act is fueling positive changes in healthcare, as it pushes the industry toward EHRs, analytics and preventative care. This movement is improving patients’ health and care delivery while lowering costs, former Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc, wrote in an editorial in the New York Times.

Accountable care organizations, in particular, are helping keep costs at bay, he wrote, citing a Texas ACO’s success in shedding more than $20 million from its Medicare baseline in less than two years.

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