Toward Accountable Payment
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Welcome to Toward Accountable Payment, the official blog of the Medicare Payment Innovation Project. The project is an ongoing initiative to study provider payment reform and support organizations engaging in innovative payment programs.
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Rob Lazerow
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Rob Lazerow on February 7, 2013 |
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Topics: Physician Issues, Performance Improvement, Pay-for-Performance, Market Trends, Strategy, Accountable Care
Last week, the Advisory Board’s Michael Koppenheffer wrote a provocative critique of Bill Keller’s recent New York Times op-ed, “Carrots for Doctors.” Anyone interested in physician performance improvement or accountable care will find both articles worth reading.
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Exploring the role of incentives in performance improvement
Rob Lazerow on February 1, 2013 |
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Topics: Accountable Care, Market Trends, Strategy, Bundled Payments, Payer and Regulatory Policy
Rob Lazerow and David Clain
Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative is up and running, and participating providers have selected a wide range of clinical conditions for their bundling programs.
Beyond selecting clinical conditions, providers also needed to choose among the four bundling models offered through the initiative. The models vary by the portions of the care continuum included, payment mechanics, and minimum discount rate.
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A breakdown of the four BPCI bundling models
Rob Lazerow on February 1, 2013 |
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Topics: Payer and Regulatory Policy, Market Trends, Strategy, Bundled Payments, Accountable Care, Reimbursement, Finance
Rob Lazerow and David Clain
Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative has begun, and we're already seeing participants bundling across a wide range of clinical conditions.
Although previous bundling pilots have typically focused on procedural care, BPCI enables providers to bundle for both surgical and medical admissions. BPCI providers are participating in each of the 48 bundles offered in Models 2-4 of the program, and the top 10 most selected bundles include a balance of surgical and medical care. Nearly half of all selected bundles represent medical, rather than surgical, conditions.
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What are BPCI participants bundling?
