Long-Term Effects of the Comprehensive Primary Care Model on Health Care Spending and Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the 4-year Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPC Classic) in 2012 and its 5-year successor, CPC Plus (CPC+), in 2017 to test whether improving primary care delivery in five areas-and providing practices with financial and technical support-reduced spending and improved quality. This is the first study to examine long-term effects of a primary care practice transformation model.

Objective

To test whether long-term primary care transformation-the 4-year CPC Classic and the first 2 years of its successor, CPC+-reduced hospitalizations, emergency department (ED) visits, and spending over 6 years.

Design

We used a difference-in-differences analysis to compare outcomes for beneficiaries attributed to CPC

SUBMITTER: Fu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9130381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature