Characteristics of Practices in the Third Year of the MAPCP Demonstration
| Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of practices, No. | 394 |
| Number of clinicians, No. | 19,456 |
| Number of clinicians per practice, mean | 49.38 |
| Number of clinicians per practice, median | 19 |
| Practice type, % | |
| Office-based practice | 79.44 |
| Federally qualified health centera | 11.42 |
| Critical access hospital outpatient clinicb | 2.54 |
| Rural health clinicc | 6.60 |
| Location of practices’ attributed Medicare beneficiaries,d % | |
| Metropolitan | 69.06 |
| Micropolitane | 15.10 |
| Rural | 15.84 |
MAPCP = Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice.
↵a Federally qualified health centers serve an underserved area or population, offer a sliding fee scale, provide comprehensive services (including dental, mental health, substance abuse, and transportation services), have an ongoing quality assurance program, and have a governing board of directors.
↵b Critical access hospitals are located in a rural area at least 35 miles away from another hospital, have no more than 25 inpatient beds, maintain an annual average length-of-stay of no more than 96 hours for acute inpatient care, and offer 24-hour/7-day-a-week emergency care.
↵c Rural health clinics are located in rural areas that have health care shortage designations, and provide outpatient primary care services and basic laboratory services by a team that includes a mid-level clinician (eg, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or certified nurse midwife).
↵d Reflects the average percentage of attributed Medicare beneficiaries that reside in metropolitan, micropolitan, or rural areas among the 394 practices.
↵e Micropolitan areas contain an urban core of 10,000-49,999 people.