Healthcare Innovation March 2, 2021
Mark Hagland

Researchers have published an article in Health Affairs based on a study of a bundled-payment program managed by Carrum Health that points to significant success in curbing costs and engaging enrolled consumers

Can employer-purchaser direct-payment programs designed to guide their employees to choose lower-cost healthcare providers, have a significant impact on costs for those employer-purchasers? The evidence, according to a study whose results were published in the March issue of Health Affairs, is a resounding “yes.”

“An Employer-Provider Direct Payment Program Is Associated With Lower Episode Costs” was authored by Christopher M. Whaley, Ph.D., Christoph Dankert, Michael Richards, M.D., Ph.D., and Dena Bravata, M.D. Christopher M. Whaley is a policy researcher in health care at the RAND Corporation (Santa Monica,...

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Topics: Bundled Payments, Employer, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payment Models, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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