Analysis of Value-Based Payment and Acute Care Use Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries

Medicare is increasingly shifting from fee-for-service reimbursement toward value-based models that reward improving quality and controlling spending.¹ While researchers have evaluated these models in traditional Medicare,² less is known about value-based models in Medicare Advantage (MA), despite greater penetration of value-based payment in MA¹ and continued growth of the MA program.³ In this study, we examined the association between value-based payment and acute care use in a national population of MA beneficiaries.

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