Modern Healthcare January 29, 2018
A majority of physicians don’t believe pay for performance programs are effective solutions for quality improvement and cost control, according to a new survey from Leavitt Partners.
Just 22% of the 621 doctors surveyed thought accountable care organizations would lower spending, and 21% supported using bundled payments to drive down costs. At the same time, 29% of doctors thought both ACOs and episode-based payment would improve patients’ health outcomes.
Physicians’ apprehension toward these models is likely because most don’t have much knowledge or experience in them, said David Muhlestein, an author of the report and chief research officer of Leavitt Partners.
Although the number of participants in bundled payments and ACOs is growing, learning what works and what doesn’t “hasn’t...
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