by MedBen Analytics | Feb 26, 2019 | Bundled Payments, Commerical Bundled Payments, MedBen Analytics, Value-Based Care
A recent employer survey summary highlights five actionable strategies that best-performing companies are using to optimize the value of their health care plan – and coming in at number one is “ensure quality of care through value-based designs.” The...
by MedBen Analytics | Jan 29, 2019 | Alex Azar, Bundled Payments, CJR, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Health and Human Services (HHS), Kurt Harden, Mandatory Participation, Reports, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) compares voluntary and mandatory bundled payment models, and may offer a hint as to which one comes out ahead. The GAO examined six Medicare episode-based payment models that were in place in early 2018, the...
by MedBen Analytics | Jan 15, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CJR, Performance, Research, Value-Based Care
New Harvard University research shows promising results for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. As published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a two-year study of bundled payments for hip and knee replacement surgeries found an average...
by MedBen Analytics | Jan 1, 2019 | Alex Azar, BPCI Advanced, Bundled Payments, Health and Human Services (HHS), Kurt Harden, Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, President's Note, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
Happy New Year from the MedBen Analytics team, as well as everyone else at MedBen! I hope that 2019 brings you good health and prosperity. As the old song (sort of) goes, what a difference a year makes! In January 2018, I wrote about how the cancellation of several...
by MedBen Analytics | Dec 3, 2018 | Bundled Payments, Data Organization, Data Usage, MedBen Analytics, Value-Based Care
A recent CIOReview article examined the key insights to provide value-based care… and not surprisingly, it notes that intelligent use of data and analytics is the foundation that health systems should build upon to succeed with bundled payments and other...
by MedBen Analytics | Nov 6, 2018 | BPCI Advanced, Bundled Payments, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
If you didn’t apply to participate in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI) Advanced model earlier this year but are still interested in doing so, you don’t have too long to wait. The next application period for BPCI Advanced is...
