Primary care physicians' participation in the Medicare shared savings program and preventive services delivery: Evidence from the first 7 years.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether primary care physicians' participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is associated with changes in their preventive services delivery.

Data sources

Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File and MSSP Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Provider-Level Research Identifiable File from 2012 to 2018.

Study design

The design was a two-way fixed effects model estimating within-provider changes in preventive services delivery over time controlling for provider time-invariant characteristics, national time trends, and characteristics of served patients. The following preventive services were evaluated: influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination, clinical depression screening, colore

SUBMITTER: Huang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9441290 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature