Physicians Practice February 27, 2019
Bundled payments have been around for quite some time. From ‘global’ payments for deliveries to bundling of same-day multiple procedures to episode-based payment models under CMS’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Initiative, hospitals and specialists alike have had some sort of exposure to the concept of ‘bundling’.
More recently, we’ve seen more and more commercial plans looking to the outpatient specialty market to apply the same methodologies. We are now seeing bundling episodes for gastroenterologists, orthopedists, and oncologists. Some of these programs are very straightforward, with the goal being to manage simple procedures, such as colonoscopies, in the most cost-effective way possible.
Typically, a plan will approach bundling in one of...
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