This brief reports on eligibility among rural
primary care providers for the Primary Care Incentive Payments established in
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Using the National Provider
Identifier files and the lists of providers eligible to receive the payments,
we found that the number and proportion of providers eligible increased during
2011–2013 and that for most practice types, rural providers were more likely to
be eligible than urban counterparts. However, rural family practice physicians
were less likely to be eligible for Primary Care Incentive Payments than their
urban counterparts. Read more here.
