Opportunities for Savings in Risk Arrangements for Oncologic Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As the US accelerates adoption of alternative payment through global payment models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or Medicare Advantage (MA), high spending for cancer care is a potential target for savings.

Objective

To quantify the extent to which ACOs and other risk-bearing organizations operating in a specific geographic area (hospital referral region [HRR]) could achieve savings by steering patients to efficient medical oncology practices.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational study included serial cross-sections of Medicare beneficiaries with cancer from 2010 to 2018. Data were analyzed from August 2021 to March 2023.

Main outcomes and measures

Total spending and spending by category in the 1-year period following

SUBMITTER: Landon BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504611 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature