Effects of Nursing Home Participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program on Staffing and Deficiency Citations

Huang Huang, Xi Zhu, George Wehby, Department of Health Management, Economics and Policy, School of Public Health, Augusta University, Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on October 29, 2025

Abstract

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The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is the largest value-based payment model in the United States, yet its impacts on participating nursing homes remain poorly understood. This study investigates the effects of nursing home participation in the ...