Alternative Payment Models in Medical Oncology: Assessing Quality-of-Care Outcomes Under Partial Capitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alternative payment models (APMs) in healthcare are emerging that reward quality of care over quantity of services. Most bundled payment programs that are described in published studies are related to episodes for a surgical inpatient hospital stay. With outpatient services, monthly capitated payments are an alternative to bundled payments for specialty services.

Objective

To assess the association of a capitated contractual arrangement between a primary care physician group and an oncology clinic group with the quality of care received.

Methods

We evaluated the effect of an oncology group's transition from a fee-for-service (FFS) arrangement to a partial-capitated-payment model with a primary care group. We compared outcomes for patients who received treat

SUBMITTER: Ems D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6306101 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature