on March 26, 2012 |
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Topics: Capital Planning, Finance, Health Care Reform, Market Trends, Strategy, Volume Growth
David Clain
Health systems around the country are considering bundled payment for a variety of strategic reasons—improving alignment with specialists, reducing implant and device costs, and driving quality improvements through clinical standardization. Early adopters have been successful on all three fronts, as the Council has detailed in its Finance Road Map for Bundled Payment.
The evidence for market share shifts as an ancillary benefit of bundled payment is mixed, but a few providers—including the Cleveland Clinic, which two weeks ago announced a new direct-to-employer bundle with Boeing—have set their sights squarely on volume growth.
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Expanding patient volumes with bundled payment
