The Value-Based Payment Modifier: Program Outcomes and Implications for Disparities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When risk adjustment is inadequate and incentives are weak, pay-for-performance programs, such as the Value-Based Payment Modifier (Value Modifier [VM]) implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, may contribute to health care disparities without improving performance on average.

Objective

To estimate the association between VM exposure and performance on quality and spending measures and to assess the effects of adjusting for additional patient characteristics on performance differences between practices serving higher-risk and those serving lower-risk patients.

Design

Exploiting the phase-in of the VM on the basis of practice size, regression discontinuity analysis and 2014 Medicare claims were used to estimate differences in practice per

SUBMITTER: Roberts ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5820192 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature