Healthcare Informatics November 1, 2016
A value-based care expert says the world of bundled payments is here to stay and hospitals must be open to participation
In July, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continued its bold endeavor into the world of value-based healthcare with an announcement that introduced a mandatory bundled payment for care for heart attacks and for cardiac bypass surgery.
As reported by Healthcare Informatics at the time of the announcement, from HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the proposal contains three new significant policies:
- New bundled payment models for cardiac care and an extension of the existing bundled payment model for hip replacements to other hip surgeries;
- A new model to increase cardiac rehabilitation utilization; and
- A proposed pathway...
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