Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 29-E - Accountable Care Organizations

• ACO: means an organization of clinically integrated health care providers certified by the commissioner under this article. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O
• certificate: means a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner under this article. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O
• CMS: means the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O
• CMS regulations: means applicable federal laws and CMS regulations and policies. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Health care provider: includes but is not limited to an entity licensed or certified under article twenty-eight or thirty-six of this chapter; an entity licensed or certified under article sixteen, thirty-one or thirty-two of the mental hygiene law; or a health care practitioner licensed or certified under title eight of the education law or a lawful combination of such health care practitioners; and may also include, to the extent provided by regulation of the commissioner, other entities that provide technical assistance, information systems and services, care coordination and other services to health care providers and patients participating in an ACO. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O
• Medicare-only ACO: means an ACO issued a certificate of authority under subdivision four of section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-p of this article. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O
• participant: means a health care provider that is one of the health care providers that comprise the ACO. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O
• Primary care: means the health care fields of family practice, general pediatrics, primary care internal medicine, primary care obstetrics, or primary care gynecology, without regard to board certification, provided by a health care provider acting within his, her, or its lawful scope of practice. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2999-O