Association of practice-level social and medical risk with performance in the Medicare Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Program

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 318, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 453-461

  Chen, Lena M ^a,b   Epstein, Arnold M ^c,d   Orav, E John ^c,d   Filice, Clara E ^e,f   Samson, Lok Wong ^a   Joynt Maddox, Karen E ^a,c,d,g  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Atrius Health   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027520203     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.9643     Document Type: Article

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