An investigation of the effects of capitated compensation for primary care on healthcare utilization of medicare beneficiaries

This research is unique in that it evaluates annual healthcare utilization based on the risk-bearing capitated reimbursement for patients' PCPs. Other research has not found a strong correlation between value-based reimbursement, healthcare utilization, and cost savings. This article demonstrates significantly less healthcare utilization for patients when PCPs receive greater risk-bearing capitated reimbursement. However, services received from a PCP were greater for these patients.