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-Discuss what shape payment reform should take in the movement to increase value in healthcare. Your answer should consider how the reform will lead to strategic value-enhancing activity.

-Why is payment reform necessary to increase value in healthcare?

-Discuss examples of ACOs that have succeeded as well as failed in the Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial markets. Your examples should come from recent literature.

-Discuss the factors that contributed to an ACO’s success and discuss the factors that contributed to an ACO’s failure.