Exit Rates of Accountable Care Organizations That Serve High Proportions of Beneficiaries of Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Medicare Shared Savings Program provides financial incentives for accountable care organizations (ACOs) to reduce costs of care. The structure of the shared savings program may not adequately adjust for challenges associated with caring for patients with high medical complexity and social needs, a population disproportionately made up of racial and ethnic minority groups. If so, ACOs serving racial and ethnic minority groups may be more likely to exit the program, raising concerns about the equitable distribution of potential benefits from health care delivery reform efforts.

Objective

To evaluate whether ACOs with a high proportion of beneficaries of racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to exit the Medicare Shared Savings Program and identify cha

SUBMITTER: Lin SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526083 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature