Association Between Care Management and Outcomes Among Patients With Complex Needs in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

People with complex needs account for a disproportionate amount of Medicare spending, partially because of fragmented care delivered across multiple practitioners and settings. Accountable care organization (ACO) contracts give practitioners incentives to improve care coordination to the extent that coordination initiatives reduce total spending or improve quality.

Objective

To assess the association between ACO-reported care management and coordination activities and quality, utilization, spending, and health care system interactions in older adults with complex needs.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, survey information on care management and coordination processes from 244 Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs in the 2017-20

SUBMITTER: Ouayogode MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6628588 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature