Organizational integration, practice capabilities, and outcomes in clinically complex medicare beneficiaries.
Carrie H CollaWendy YangAlexander J MainorEllen MearaMarietou H OuayogodeValerie A LewisStephen M ShortellElliott FisherPublished in: Health services research (2020)
Higher levels of financial integration were not associated with improved care delivery or with better health-related beneficiary outcomes. Nonfinancial forms of integration deserve greater attention, as practices scoring high in clinical integration are more likely to adopt quality-focused care delivery processes and have greater associated reductions in spending in complex patients.