Accountable care organizations—the way they look today—have only been around a few years. But, already these HMO throwbacks are "disrupting markets" as the experts over at Oliver Wyman declare in their latest report, "The ACO Surprise."

In fact, ACOs—as quietly established in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—have managed to gobble a 10 percent market share already. Oliver Wyman's conclusion? These new health care models are here to stay.

"In fact, we believe that though there is much work left to do, ACOs in a remarkably short period of time have become a substantial part of American health care, with the potential to catalyze lasting, positive change as they begin to deliver the results they promise," study authors Niyum Gandhi and Richard Weil predict.

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