Physicians working in accountable care organizations and those who are not differ in their opinions on capitation, bundled payments and Medicaid reimbursements, according to the 2013 Deloitte Survey of U.S. Physicians.
Responses are based on 613 surveys completed by a nationally representative sample of the U.S. physician population.
• Physicians in ACOs (57 percent) are more likely to believe capitation will replace fee-for-service payments in the next one to three years than providers who aren't working in ACOs (44 percent).
• Physicians in ACOs are less likely than their counterparts to be concerned about being penalized for factors out of their control under an episode-based or bundled payment structure (77 percent versus 88 percent).
• ACO physicians are more likely than their counterparts to believe Medicaid reimbursements will increase to match Medicare rates for primary care services in the next one to three years (22 percent versus 12 percent).
• Physicians in ACOs are also more likely (19 percent) to believe liability or tort reform will pass in Congress within the next one to three years than their non-ACO counterparts (9 percent).
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