The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 brought many changes to the types of ...

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 brought many changes to the types of provider organizations available. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are two organizations formed under the PPACA. Both ACOs and PCMHs are models that are established to promote coordinated high-quality care at lower costs and improve patient outcomes. You must select either ACOs or PCMHs for this final paper. For your Managed Health Care Delivery Models final paper, you must complete an eight- to 12-page paper.  In your paper, Discuss the origin and structure of your selected managed health care delivery model. Describe how your selected model has striven to contain the costs or improve the quality of care. Summarize health care providers’ contracts and payment methods in your selected model. Assess the impacts of your selected model on either Medicare or Medicaid. Examine one specific public policy or regulation (e.g., PPACA) in relation to your selected model. Evaluate the challenges or opportunities facing payers and providers in your selected model. Create a plan of action to overcome identified challenges or take advantage of identified opportunities in the context of access, quality, and cost. The Managed Health Care Delivery Models final paper, must be eight to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA  must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.