Has PHA or ACO asked for Information and Permission? Who? What?

Have you received “important” looking mail from your doctor? Beware! It really is from the Accountable Care Coalition (ACO), an out-growth of Medicare, requesting information related to your health. This is under the guise of assisting your medical care givers. As for the PHA, it is your Personal Health Assessment (PHA) that your doctor is aware of along with those affiliated within the medical groupings/organizations (i.e. Aurora, Wheaton, etc.).

Those especially on Medicare have or will be receiving these letters requesting your information and permission to share your medical information with the ACO a large data …read more