Accountable Care Organizations and Spending for Patients Undergoing Long-Term Dialysis.

CONCLUSIONS: There was a substantial increase in the percentage of long-term dialysis beneficiaries aligned to an Accountable Care Organization from 2012 to 2016. Moreover, in adjusted models, Accountable Care Organization alignment was associated with modest cost savings among long-term dialysis beneficiaries with care by a primary care physician. PMID: 33234541 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - November 24, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Bakre S, Hollingsworth JM, Yan PL, Lawton EJ, Hirth RA, Shahinian VB Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research