Deloitte composed the report through analyzing Medicare claims data between 2012 and 2015.
Here are the key details to know:
1. Hospitals with greater revenues from value and quality contracts provided more outpatient services through hospital outpatient departments and ASCs than other hospitals.
2. All hospitals included in the report experienced a decline in inpatient revenues, but those collecting more revenues from value and quality contracts experienced lesser declines than other hospitals.
3. Visits to outpatient facilities increased by 14 percent.
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