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HEALTH TERMS - ACCOUNTABLE HEALTH PLAN (AHP)

What is an Accountable Health Plan (AHP)?

Definition: AHPs can be IDSs, MCOs, Health Networks, partnerships or joint ventures between practitioners, providers or payers that would assume responsibility for delivering medical care and managing the funds required to pay for the services rendered.

Physicians and other providers would work for, contract with or own these health plans.

When an IDS or hospital group or IPA operates one or more health insurance benefit products, or a managed care organization acquires a large scale medical delivery component, it qualifies as an Accountable Health System or Accountable Health Plan.