HealthLeaders Media January 10, 2018
Because the BCPI Advanced program qualifies as an advanced APM, participants could have access to MACRA’s potential risks and added rewards.
The CMS Innovation Center launched a new voluntary bundled payment model this week, continuing the Trump administration’s purge of mandatory programs from the Obama era.
Although some experts worry optional models could be less effective, proponents say the new program builds on a proven foundation and will help to reorient the market away from a fee-for-service arrangement and toward a truly value-based system.
“Under this model, providers will have an incentive to deliver efficient, high-quality care,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement, noting that this marks the administration’s first advanced alternative payment model (APM).
The Bundled Payments...