Modern Healthcare June 19, 2020
Michael Brady

More providers are taking part in Medicare’s largest bundled-payment model relative to its predecessor, but the results of the demonstration probably won’t carry over to a larger or different group of providers because participants choose whether and how to participate, CMS’ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation said in a report Friday.

According to the CMS Innovation Center, about 22% of eligible hospitals took part in Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced during the first six months of the demonstration. That rate dropped to 13% for BPCI Advanced-eligible hospitals that participated in the earlier BPCI model. Rural and safety-net hospitals were significantly more likely to take part in BPCI Advanced than BPCI, as were physician group practices. About 23% of...

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Topics: Bundled Payments, CMS, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Physician, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends, Value Based
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