Use of Medicare Data to Identify Team-based Primary Care: Is it Possible?

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether Medicare data can be used to identify type and degree of collaboration between primary care providers (PCPs) [medical doctors (MDs), nurse practitioners, and physician assistants] in a team care model. METHODS:We surveyed 63 primary care practices in Texas and linked the survey results to 2015 100% Medicare data. We identified PCP dyads of 2 providers in Medicare data and compared the results to those from our survey. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value (PPV) of dyads in Medicare data at different threshold numbers of shared patients were reported. We also identified PCPs who work in the same practice by Social Network Analysis (SNA) of Medicare data and compared the results to the surveys. RESULTS:With a cutoff of sharing at least 30 pa

SUBMITTER: Kuo YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6791761 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature