Medicare Shared Savings ACOs and Hospice Care for Ischemic Stroke Patients.
Brystana G KaufmanEmily C O'BrienSally C StearnsRoland A MatsouakaG Mark HolmesMorris WeinbergerLee H SchwammEric E SmithGregg C FonarowYing XianDonald H TaylorPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)
Among ischemic stroke patients with severe stroke or indicators of high mortality risk, MSSP was associated with increased hospice enrollment. MSSP contract incentives may motivate improved end-of-life care among the subgroups most likely to benefit.