Abstract
Objectives
Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) was implemented in 2012, but the impact of
the MSSP on institutional post-acute care (PAC) use, and by race/ethnicity and payer
status is less studied. We studied the impact of hospital participation in the MSSP
on institutional PAC use and variations by race/ethnicity and payer status among 3
Medicare patient groups: ischemic stroke, hip fracture, and elective total joint arthroplasty
(TJA).
Design
A retrospective analysis of 2010–2016 Medicare Provider Analysis and Review files.
Setting and Participants
Medicare fee-for-service patients originally admitted for ischemic stroke, hip fracture,
or elective TJA in MSSP-participating hospitals or nonparticipating hospitals.
Methods
Patient-level linear probability models with difference-in-differences approach were
used to compare the changes in institutional PAC use in MSSP-participating hospitals
with nonparticipating hospitals as well as to compare the changes in differences by
race/ethnicity and payer status in institutional PAC use over time.
Results
Hospital participation in MSSP was significantly associated with increased institutional
PAC use for the ischemic stroke cohort by 1.5 percentage points [95% confidence interval
(CI) 0.00–0.3, P < .05] compared with non-MSSP participating hospitals. Regarding variations by race/ethnicity
and payer status, for the elective TJA patients, racial minority patients in MSSP-participating
hospitals had 3.8 percentage points greater (95% CI 0.01–0.06, P < .01) in institutional PAC use than white patients. Also, for ischemic stroke cohort,
dual-eligible patients in MSSP-participating hospitals had 2.0 percentage points greater
(95% CI 0.00–0.04, P < .10) in institutional PAC use than Medicare-only patients.
Conclusions and Implications
This study found that hospital participation in the MSSP was associated with slightly
increased institutional PAC use for ischemic stroke Medicare patients. Also, compared
to non-MSSP participating hospitals, MSSP-participating hospitals were more likely
to discharge racial minority patients for elective TJA and dual-eligible patients
for ischemic stroke to institutional PAC.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 12, 2022
Accepted:
July 24,
2022
Received in revised form:
June 24,
2022
Received:
February 20,
2022
Footnotes
This study is funded by grant R01MD012422 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the US National Institutes of Health.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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