Avalere: Despite dropouts, BPCI Advanced participation shows providers open to greater risk
Fierce Healthcare April 4, 2019
A new report looks at enrollment trends in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model.
Though a number of providers have dropped out of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ new voluntary bundled payment program, there are signs participants are getting used to the idea of greater risk.
A new report from Avalere found that participation in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced model dropped by 16% between Oct. 1 and March 1, when providers were required to take on greater risk.
But there are still about 1,300 providers in the program—715 hospitals and 580 physician groups, according to the report.
Gabriel Sullivan, a manager at Avalere and one of the report’s...