Rob Lazerow on May 23, 2013 |
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Topics: Payer and Regulatory Policy, Market Trends, Strategy
Rob Lazerow and Aliya Noormohamed
Last week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius introduced a second round of Health Care Innovation Awards, which will provide up to $1 billion in grant funding to support projects designed to lower costs and improve care delivery for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program enrollees.
In the first round of funding, 107 awardees received nearly $900 million to implement proposed initiatives. Read "Health Care Innovation Challenge: Key Takeaways from 107 Awardees" for our full analysis of the first round of grant awardees.
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CMS announces second round of innovation grant funding
on April 30, 2013 |
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Topics: Payer and Regulatory Policy, Market Trends, Strategy, Risk-Based Contracting, Health Care Reform, Finance, Bundled Payments
Jordan Stone
Yesterday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced two significant changes to its largest accountable payment program, the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative. There are currently more than 450 providers slated to participate in the program, which reimburses entire episodes of care—in some cases including all related physician services, readmissions, and post-acute care—at a single rate.
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BPCI update: Three-month delay, fewer metrics to report
Rob Lazerow on April 17, 2013 |
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Topics: Risk-Based Contracting, Market Trends, Strategy
As hospitals and health systems move toward new accountable payment models, many health care leaders are wondering how quickly the industry is moving—and in what directions.
To help guide members on the path to risk-based contracts, we are pleased to launch the 2013 Accountable Payment Survey. Your responses help us chart the industry’s current position and future course with accountable payment models—and they help us all get smarter on how these new contracts work in practice.
The response rates continue to grow, but the early results show that many providers are moving aggressively toward risk, with plans to transition a large portion of their business to bundled payment and total cost of care contracts within five years.
If you haven’t already participated, we encourage you to take five minutes and share your story. We’ll send out the full results to respondents in the coming weeks.
Take the survey
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Where are you on the path to risk?
