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The article describes the role of accountable care organization (ACO) for the U.S. patients in helping them coordinated care for complex patients. It states that ACO have a participation in social insurance program Medicare's Shared Savings program. It mentions that as ACO persists on to grow the healthcare organizations analyze the strategies to improve the patient care.