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 19, 2018 | Alex Azar, Bundled Payments, Health and Human Services (HHS), Mandatory Participation, MedBen Analytics
In a surprising move, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that it may still implement mandatory bundled payment models… including several initiatives that were cancelled last year. Speaking at the Patient-Centered Primary Care...
by MedBen Analytics | Oct 10, 2018 | Bundled Payments, CJR, CMS, Mandatory Participation, Post-Acute Care, Reports, Value-Based Care
The recently-released first annual report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the progress of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model suggests that the bundled payment approach is having the desired result of maintaining...
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...
by MedBen Analytics | Sep 25, 2018 | BPCI, BPCI Advanced, Bundled Payments, CJR, CMS, Mandatory Participation, Voluntary Participation
On October 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will roll out its newest bundled payment model, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced). This voluntary program builds on the foundation of the original BPCI initiative, which...
