Bundled Payment and CMS's Proposal To Mandate Bundled/Episodic Payment for Hip & Knee Surgery: A Conversation with Harold Miller (September 29th)
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Listen Now Bundled or episodic health care payment for a clinically defined medical episodes of care has been used since at least the 1980s. However, recently CMS has initiated two bundled payment demonstrations, the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Demonstration (BPCI) that bundles care for 48 (DRG) episodes of care began in 2013 and more recently CMS proposed the Chronic Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) demonstration this past July. Considered the middle ground between fee for service reimbursement and capitated payment the jury is still out whether bundled payments can be designed to reduce cost growth and improve care quality and patient outcomes.
Bundled Payment and CMS's Proposal To Mandate Bundled/Episodic Payment for Hip & Knee Surgery: A Conversation with Harold Miller (September 29th)
Bundled Payment and CMS's Proposal To Mandate…
Bundled Payment and CMS's Proposal To Mandate Bundled/Episodic Payment for Hip & Knee Surgery: A Conversation with Harold Miller (September 29th)
Listen Now Bundled or episodic health care payment for a clinically defined medical episodes of care has been used since at least the 1980s. However, recently CMS has initiated two bundled payment demonstrations, the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement Demonstration (BPCI) that bundles care for 48 (DRG) episodes of care began in 2013 and more recently CMS proposed the Chronic Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) demonstration this past July. Considered the middle ground between fee for service reimbursement and capitated payment the jury is still out whether bundled payments can be designed to reduce cost growth and improve care quality and patient outcomes.