Association of Medicare Beneficiary and Hospital Accountable Care Organization Alignment With Surgical Cost Savings.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) account for half of program expenditures, whether ACOs are associated with surgical spending warrants further study.

Objective

To assess whether greater beneficiary-hospital ACO alignment was associated with lower surgical episode costs.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study was conducted between 2020 and 2022 using US Medicare data from a 20% random sample of beneficiaries. Individuals 18 years of age and older and without kidney failure who had a surgical admission between 2008 and 2015 were included. For each study year, distinction was made between beneficiaries assigned to an ACO and those who were not, as well as between admissions to ACO-participating and nonparticipa

SUBMITTER: Herrel LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857079 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature