A pilot program introducing bundled payments for hip and knee replacement (HKR) in Medicare patients hasn't led hospitals to "cherry-pick" healthier patients at lower risk of complications, reports a ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has designed an innovative care management program that has helped Metro Nashville Public Schools save thousands of dollars and improve outcomes for its pregnant ...

Bundled payments, whether maligned or sought after, are coming to healthcare. While this payment model seems relatively new, some programs have been successfully running for years. The program is ...

CMS has announced that it will nearly double the number of candidates in its bundled payment program. As part of the Affordable Care Act, the program aims to reduce care costs and improve patients' ...

There was an average savings of $16,144 per procedure when the surgery was performed through the Carrum Health program. A bundled payment program for commercially insured patients saved employers and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement–Advanced program was associated with “modest savings” in Medicare ...

As healthcare costs continue to grow, value-based initiatives like bundled payments are here to stay and are increasingly moving to the ASC setting. The outpatient space is going to continue to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hospital participation in the CMS bundled payments program may not affect quality of care of patients ...

Hospital partnerships with private consulting firms lead to greater participation in CMS’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program, according to a study published in the August issue of ...

A University of Pennsylvania study that tracked Medicare claims for about 1.35 million beneficiaries who had joint replacement surgery found that hospitals participating in bundled payment programs ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Michigan health insurers are creating programs aimed at ...