Goal is to reduce costs, improve outcomes Ned Helms, director of the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice at UNH While the general public knows little about accountable care organizations, health care policy leaders and the federal government believe they may be one of the keys to transforming the medical and financial dynamics of the country’s $2.6 trillion health care system. “I get frustrated by too much talk about how the Affordable Care Act doesn’t deal with health care costs,” said Ned Helms, director of the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice at the University of New Hampshire. Continue reading →