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Average Beneficiary CMS Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) Risk Scores for Rural and Urban Providers

Description
Findings brief investigating potential differences in urban and rural CMS-HCC risk scores at the provider's patient panel level. Features statistics from the 2015 Medicare Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File to compare patient panel CMS-HCC risk scores with breakdowns by urban and rural providers across provider specialties, census divisions, and Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participation requirements.
Author(s)
Abby F. Hoffman, Kristin L. Reiter, Randy K. Randolph
Date
07/2018
Type
Document
Organization
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
Tagged as
Medicare · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Service delivery models · Statistics and data

Organizations (1)

  • North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, view details