MedPage Today January 10, 2018
David Nash, MD, MBA, tells readers what to look for in the coming year
- Bundled payments are down – but NOT out.
Bundled payments (an alternative payment model in which payers compensate providers based on the expected needs of a patient during an entire episode) align incentives and create a culture in which care teams work together to do what is best for each patient.
Even in the face of potential delays in fully implementing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) bundled payment initiative, the strategy is gaining traction with major health systems and private insurers in the marketplace because it WORKS.
A JAMA Internal Medicine study of almost 4,000 patients who received joint...
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