Bundled Payment
Bundled payment program associated with savings for medical, surgical episodes
According to published results, the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement–Advanced program was associated with savings of $882 for medical episodes and $587 for surgical or procedural episodes.
Bundled payment model may increase home discharge rates for underrepresented groups
Published results showed the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, a Medicare bundled payment program, may be associated with increased rates of home discharge for Hispanic patients compared with white patients.
Private payer bundled payment model may lead to cost savings for lumbar fusion
Results showed orthopedic practices may successfully implement nongovernmental bundled payment models for lumbar spinal fusion, with cost savings similar to those of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement-Advanced Initiative.
Bundled payment programs may reduce sex disparities in TJR
Published results showed implementation of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled payment program may reduce sex disparities in total joint replacement.
CMS bundled payment program did not produce significant benefit in HF care
Hospital participation in the CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program was not associated with significant change in quality of care metrics for patients hospitalized with HF, researchers reported.
Administrators need a game plan for crisis management in dialysis care
The profession of renal health care is evolving, with breakthroughs in research and innovative treatments that improve the lives of millions of patients with kidney disease.
Bundled payment reduces spending, maintains quality in lower extremity joint replacement
Bundled payment programs effectively reduced episode spending while maintaining quality of care in episodes of lower extremity joint replacement, according to results published in JAMA Health Forum.
VIDEO: Manage patient care with bundle payments to attract employers
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Jack M. Bert, MD, spoke about bundled payment systems for orthopedic providers to attract employers.
Physician group practices in bundled payment models associated with surgical cost savings
Results showed physician group practices that participate in a bundled payment model have associated cost savings for surgical but not medical episodes, while participating hospitals have savings for both surgical and medical episodes.
Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model penalized safety-net hospitals
Results showed safety-net hospitals and hospitals with greater populations of Black and Hispanic patients have struggled to meet the lower spending benchmarks implemented by Medicare and the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model.