HealthLeaders Media March 2, 2020
A tentative shift from fee-for-service to value-based payment models has constrained primary care initiatives under the Affordable Care Act, new research suggests.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Seven primary care initiatives under the Affordable Care Act generated disappointing or mixed results for healthcare spending, hospitalizations, and quality.
For most of the initiatives, there was either no effect on spending or relatively small increases in spending.
For participants in ACA primary care initiatives, keys to success include buy-in among clinicians and other staff at practices.
In its first decade, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) sparked significant innovations to boost primary care but new payment models lacked sufficient incentives to drive change, new research suggests.
President Barack Obama signed the...
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