Physicians Advocacy Institute: Implications of Hospital Employment of Physicians on Medicare & Beneficiaries
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November 13, 2017
Research
August 24, 2017
NICHM Foundation Study: How Does Hospital Ownership of Physician Practices Affect Which Hospitals Patients Use?
Hospital ownership of physician practices increased rapidly over the past decade, and by 2015 nearly 4 in 10 practices were owned by a hospital. Prior research has shown that physician integration with hospitals is associated with higher prices, but the latest evidence suggests it also affects which hospital a patient chooses to visit. A study […]
October 11, 2016
Community Oncology Alliance Practice Impact Report, October 2016
The 2016 Community Oncology Practice Impact Report documents a 121% increase in community cancer clinic closings and a 172% increase in consolidation into hospitals since 2008. In that period, 380 cancer treatment facilities have closed, and 609 community cancer practices have been acquired by or become affiliated with hospitals. Another 390 practices report that they […]
September 8, 2016
Physician Practice Acquisition Study: National and Regional Employment Changes, September 2016
Hospital ownership of physician practices has increased by 86% in the last three years, according to a new report. The analysis, conducted by healthcare consulting firm Avalere Health and the not-for-profit Physicians Advocacy Institute, found that from 2012 to 2015, hospitals acquired 31,000 physician practices in the U.S. In 2012, about one in seven physician […]
April 17, 2016
Cost Drivers of Cancer Care: A Retrospective Analysis of Medicare and Commercially Insured Population Claim Data 2004-2014, Milliman, April 2016
Nearly 14.5 million Americans with a history of cancer were alive in 2014 and that number is projected to increase to 18.1 million in 2020. A number of factors will contribute to this increase, including the growth and aging of the U.S. population, an overall reduction in mortality, the earlier detection of cancer (lead timebefore […]
March 17, 2016
National Estimates of Price Variation by Site of Care, American Journal of Managed Care, March 2016
Recently, researchers and policy makers have demonstrated growing interest in differences in payments across sites of care for the same healthcare service, such as in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) versus a physician office (PO). Our objective was to examine the price differential for individuals with employer-sponsored insurance by site of care for 7 commonly […]
March 13, 2016
The impact of provider consolidation on outpatient prescription drug-based cancer care spending, Health Care Cost Institute, March 2016
Many policymakers (including state attorney general offices, Medicaid program directors, insurance commissioners) worry about the effects of medical provider consolidation on spending levels and trends. Medical provider consolidation’s impact on spending is an empirical question. On the one hand, consolidation may lead to the identification and dissemination of best practices and reductions in the use […]
February 17, 2016
Medicare Payment Differentials Across Outpatient Settings of Care, Avalere, February 2016
Medicare beneficiaries can receive the same services in different outpatient settings, yet various providers in those settings can receive different payments for that care and beneficiaries can face different cost-sharing amounts. For example, a Medicare beneficiary could receive a colonoscopy in the hospital outpatient department (HOPD), an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) or a physician office. […]
December 17, 2015
Increasing Hospital-Physician Consolidation Highlights Need for Payment Reform, Government Accountability Office, December 2015
Medicare expenditures for HOPD services have grown rapidly in recent years. Some policymakers have raised questions about whether this growth may be attributed to services that were typically performed in physician offices shifting to HOPDs. GAO was asked to examine trends in vertical consolidation and its effects on Medicare. This report examines, for years 2007 […]
October 19, 2015
Association of Financial Integration Between Physicians and Hospitals With Commercial Health Care Prices, JAMA, October 19, 2015
IMPORTANCE Financial integration between physicians and hospitals may help health care provider organizations meet the challenges of new payment models but also may enhance the bargaining power of provider organizations, leading to higher prices and spending in commercial health care markets. OBJECTIVE To assess the association between recent increases in physician-hospital integration and changes in […]