Rural Hospital Participation in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations

Date
04/2020
Description

In 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that 1,517 prospective payment system hospitals and 421 Critical Access Hospitals participated in 561 Medicare Shared Savings Programs (SSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). However, a majority of rural hospitals have not yet participated in ACOs or other value-based payment models. This project searched for factors influencing rural hospital participation in the SSP.

Center
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Authors
Xi Zhu, Fred Ullrich, Huang Huang, Keith Mueller