Rural implications of the Primary Care incentive Payment Program

Rural Policy Brief. 2013 Jun 1:(2013 5):1-4.

Abstract

Key Findings. (1) Both the number and proportion of providers eligible to receive Primary Care Incentive Payments in 2011, 2012, and 2013 increased during the years used to determine eligibility (2009, 2010, and 2011). (2) For most practice types, rural providers were more likely to be eligible for Primary Care Incentive Payments. However, rates of eligibility varied between provider types. (3) Rural Family Practice physicians were less likely to be eligible for Primary Care Incentive Payments than their urban counterparts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Eligibility Determination
  • Forecasting
  • Health Care Reform
  • Humans
  • Medicare
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Physician Incentive Plans / economics*
  • Physician Incentive Plans / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Physician Incentive Plans / trends
  • Physicians, Family / economics*
  • Physicians, Family / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Primary Health Care / economics*
  • Primary Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Rural Health Services / economics*
  • Rural Health Services / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Specialization
  • United States
  • Workforce