Federally Qualified Health Centers and Performance of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) have increasingly participated in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) accountable care organizations (ACOs), one of the most widespread value-based programs. Although FQHCs may strengthen ACOs' ability to provide affordable care to diverse Medicare beneficiaries, evidence on ACOs' performance by FQHC participation is limited.

Objectives

To compare beneficiary characteristics, utilization, expenditure, and quality between ACOs with and without FQHC participation and assess changes in ACO performance after including first FQHCs.

Design, setting, and participants

Using MSSP public use files, this cross-sectional study compared performance of ACOs that always had FQHC participation with ACOs that never had FQHC

SUBMITTER: Li K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11574694 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature