Patients Confused by ACO Outreach Letters, Doctors Say
Several Ventura County physicians have expressed concern about letters that some of their Medicare patients have received about a new Southern California-based accountable care organization program. The letters from Heritage California ACO tell Medicare beneficiaries -- some of whom are treated by doctors who are not part of the Heritage Provider Network -- that they automatically will be enrolled in the ACO program unless they opt out.
- "Doctors Say New Program's Outreach Misleads Patients" (Kisken, Ventura County Star, 2/3).