RevCycle Intelligence June 1, 2017
Researchers argued that bundled payments should incorporate population health management by extending episode lengths, moving beyond the hospital, and integrating ACOs.
The next generation of bundled payments should focus on population health management, researchers recently argued in a Journal of the American Medical Associationreport.
Bundled payment models can align with population health management by extending the care episode duration, making providers outside of the hospital accountable, and integrating with global budget models within accountable care organizations (ACOs), the four authors stated.
The authors from the Corporal Michael J. Cresencz VA Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics pointed out that existing bundled payment models suffer from several limitations. The alternative payment...
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