Modern Healthcare January 9, 2018
The CMS announced Tuesday a new voluntary bundled-payment model that will be considered an advanced alternative payment model under MACRA.
The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement-Advanced Model includes 32 clinical-care episodes that providers can choose from, 29 of which are in the inpatient setting and three in the outpatient setting.
The new model is the first advanced APM to be introduced by the Trump administration. The first cohort will begin Oct. 1. The model performance period will run through Dec. 31, 2023.
The new, voluntary model comes less than two months after the CMS officially decided to toss out two mandatory bundled-payment models created during the Obama administration.
The Trump administration has been a vocal advocate of reducing administrative burden...
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