Becker's Healthcare May 4, 2021
Medicare spending on lab and imaging services increases after a physician practice becomes part of a hospital or health system, according to new research published May 3 in Health Affairs.
The study, led by researchers at the Rand Corp., Boston University and Baylor University in Waco, Texas, looked at changes in site of care and Medicare reimbursement for 10 lab and imaging services. The researchers used a 100 percent sample of Medicare fee-for-service claims data that spanned 2013 to 2016.
The study found after a primary care group was acquired by a hospital or health system, the number of hospital-based imaging tests for 1,000 Medicare patients performed a month grew by 26.3 per 1,000. At the...
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