SCA’s Stephen Kinsley & Sg2’s Jim Reilly on weigh in on key ASC bundled payment trends
Becker's Healthcare May 29, 2019
Stephen Kinsley, vice president of payer engagement and strategy for Surgical Care Affiliates and Jim Reilly, senior principal at Sg2 weighed in on the risk factors involved with developing bundled payments, as well as the role data plays in the creation of bundled payments.
Note: Responses have been lightly edited for style and clarity.
Question: What are the risks involved when developing bundled payments? How can ASCs avoid these? Any tips for mitigating risk?
Stephen Kinsley: There are few inherent risks when developing a bundle and I think the following two are key risk factors: first, the proper alignment of risk, rate and reward for all involved in the bundle and second, data being paramount. To elaborate on the importance...