Association of Organizational Factors and Physician Practices' Participation in Alternative Payment Models.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Consolidation among physician practices and between hospitals and physician practices has accelerated in the past decade, resulting in higher prices in commercial markets. The resulting integration of health care across clinicians and participation in alternative payment models (APMs), which aim to improve quality while constraining spending, are cited as reasons for consolidation, but little is known about the association between integration and APM participation.

Objective

To examine the association of organizational characteristics, ownership, and integration with intensity of participation in APMs among physician practices.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional descriptive study, adjusted for sampling and nonresponse weights, was conducted

SUBMITTER: Ouayogode MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7118519 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature