by MedBen Analytics | May 7, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CMS, Health and Human Services (HHS), Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics, Seema Verma, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has indicated that it expects to move away from voluntary value-based payment models. In recent remarks, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma said, “Looking forward, you...
by MedBen Analytics | Mar 26, 2019 | BPCI Advanced, CMS, MedBen Analytics, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the application period for second cohort of participants in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model will begin in April 2019. MedBen Analytics, which provides...
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 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 | 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...
by MedBen Analytics | Oct 10, 2018 | BPCI, BPCI Advanced, Bundled Payments, CJR, Mandatory Participation, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
Questions have arisen as to how the end of the original Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative affects participants that also happen to be located in a mandatory Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement...
