ACO, AcO, or Aco may refer to:

Organizations

Accountable care organization An accountable care organization (ACO) is a healthcare organization that ties provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the cost of care. ACOs in the United States are formed from a group of coordinated health-care practitione ...

, healthcare organization characterized by a specific payment and care delivery model *

Aco Records Aco Records or ACO Records was a British record label active from 1922 through 1927. Aco was a budget label, producing 10 inch and 12 inch double sided gramophone records. Aco was a subsidiary of the Aeolian Company Ltd. of London, wh ...

, a British 1920s record label * ACO, C.A., a Venezuelan holding company *

Air Cadet Organisation The Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC) is a volunteer-military youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force that manages both the Air Training Corps and RAF Sections of the Combined Cadet Force. The organisation is headed by a former serv ...

, collective name for the UK cadet forces sponsored by the Royal Air Force *

The Airline Cooperative The Airline Cooperative (ACO) is a membership organisation formed by a broad group of International Airlines, with the structure of a Cooperative Society. The pivotal aim of the Cooperative is to share non-competitive information, and work togeth ...

, an organization of international airlines formed in 2012 *

Allied Command Operations Allied Command Operations (ACO) is one of the two strategic commands of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the other being Allied Command Transformation (ACT). The headquarters and commander of ACO is Supreme Headquarters Allied Po ...

, the NATO strategic command *

Alvarez Chamber Orchestra The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra is a London-based organisation dedicated to the promotion and performance of contemporary classical music. Its Honorary President is Sir Colin Davis. It holds an annual composition competition, "Plucked from Nowhe ...

American Composers Orchestra The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is an American orchestra administratively based in New York City, specialising in contemporary American music. The ACO gives concerts at various concert venues in New York City, including: * Zankel Hall at ...

American Cornhole Organization The American Cornhole Organization (ACO) is an American organization for the sport of cornhole. Based in Camp Dennison, Ohio Camp Dennison is a census-designated place (CDP) just outside Indian Hill in southern Symmes Township, Hamilton Coun ...

Arts Center of the Ozarks Arts One Presents, formerly Arts Center of the Ozarks, is best known for its theater production along with visual art. The organization began as the Springdale Fine Arts Association in 1967, originally being the only community theatre in Northwe ...

, community theater in Springdale, Arkansas, US *

Association of Cricket Officials The Association of Cricket Officials (ACO) is an organisation set up to represent and support cricket officials, especially umpires and scorers. It operates under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and is often referred ...

Australian Chamber Orchestra The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 September 2005. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently ap ...

* Australian College of Optometry *

Automobile Club de l'Ouest The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (English: Automobile Club of the West), sometimes abbreviated to ACO, is the largest automotive group in France. It was founded in 1906 by car building and racing enthusiasts, and is most famous for being the org ...

, organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race *

Avenir du Congo Future of Congo (ACO; french: Avenir du Congo) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They hold 12 seats on the National Assembly. The current Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde is from the party. References Se ...

, a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Canadian Association of Orthodontists (''Association canadienne des orthodontistes'', ACO)

Places

* Aco District, Concepción, Peru *

Aco District, Corongo Aco District is one of seven districts of the Corongo Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a s ...

, Peru

People

Aco (given name) Aco is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Aleksandar, which may refer to: * Aleksandar Aco Apolonio (died 2001), first and only president of the self-proclaimed Dubrovnik Republic (1991–1992) * Aleksandar Aco Đukanović, ...

, a list of people * Michel Aco (), French explorer in North America *

Aco (musician) A..C..O (born February 3, 1977) is a Japanese singer. She made her debut in 1995 with the Pop music, pop single . She is a part of Sony Music Japan. She explores different musical styles, with the albums ''Absolute Ego'' and ''Material'' displa ...

(born 1977), Japanese female singer

Other uses

* Abell catalog of rich clusters of galaxies (ACO) *

Acetoxy group In organic chemistry, the acetoxy group (abbr. AcO or OAc; IUPAC name: acetyloxy), is a functional group with the formula and the structure . As the ''-oxy'' suffix implies, it differs from the acetyl group () by the presence of an addition ...

(AcO), a chemical functional group *

All-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal 15,15'-oxygenase All-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal 15,15'-oxygenase (, ''Diox1'', ''ACO'', ''8'-apo-beta-carotenal 15,15'-oxygenase'') is an enzyme with systematic name ''all-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal:oxygen 15,15'-oxidoreductase (bond-cleaving)''. This enzyme cat ...

, an enzyme * Analog Coherent Optical module (CFP2-ACO), an interoperability agreement produced by the

Optical Internetworking Forum The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is a prominent non-profit consortium that was founded in 1998. It promotes the development and deployment of interoperable computer networking products and services through implementation agreements (IAs) ...

* Animal control officer, a qualified person in the

Animal control service An animal control service or animal control agency is an entity charged with responding to requests for help with animals ranging from wild animals, dangerous animals, or animals in distress. An individual who works for such an entity was once kn ...

Ant colony optimization In computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems which can be reduced to finding good paths through graphs. Artificial ants stand for multi ...

, a computer algorithm *

, a type of health system model

Organizations

Places

People

Other uses

See also