Policy Trends That May Drive Different Care Redesign For Procedural Versus Nonprocedural Bundles
on Fri, 2019-04-12 09:18 Alyssa
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) remains committed to bundled payments as a cornerstone value-based alternative payment model (APM). In October 2018, the agency used experience from a recently concluded nationwide program—Model 2 in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative—to engage 1,295 participants in a new successor program, BPCI-Advanced. The program encompasses 32 clinical episodes that represent 14 clinical conditions and 18 surgical procedures.
News Author:
Amol S. Navathe
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Joshua M. Liao
Links:
[1] https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190409.220198/full/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Improving%20Care%20For%20High-Need%20Individuals%20In%20ACOs%3B%20Bundled%20Payments%20For%20Procedural%20Vs%20%20Nonprocedural%20Episodes%3B%20Do%20Physicians%20Understand%20Their%20Legal%20Obligations%20When%20Caring%20For%20Patients%20With%20Disability%3F&utm_campaign=HAT