Bundled Payments news and information

The CMS center charged with testing new payment and delivery models has pinpointed post-acute care as a high-cost area in dire need of novel new approaches, and experts in the field are applauding the move.
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For a moment, set aside the debate over what happened since the recession to slow health spending to record lows. The slowdown held health spending to roughly the same rate of growth as the economy for two consecutive years after the recession, the most recent data show.
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This winter, Dr. Richard Golden decided to stop putting off knee surgery and signed up for a new program through Edina, Minn.-based Twin Cities Orthopedics. Golden was quoted an upfront price of $21,000 that covered the entire operation — including surgery, medication, post-op recovery and...
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Mayo Clinic President and CEO Dr. John Noseworthy discusses Medicare payment issues, a new initiative that Mayo launched with UnitedHealth Group's Optum, and a recent request the Clinic made to the state of Minnesota.
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UnitedHealthcare and about 50 hospitals say they will conduct research comparing some of the costliest medical devices and then use that data to inform their purchasing decisions.
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Applying a geographically based index to set Medicare reimbursements would reward low-performing healthcare providers in some areas and punish higher performers in other regions, according to preliminary observations from an Institute of Medicine committee.
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The American Medical Group Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., began with its top officers congratulating members for the leadership they have shown in helping to transform the healthcare system. And then they called on them to lead some more.
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One safety net health system seeks to double its size and operate more like a health plan to prepare for reform.
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One health system's push to improve care transitions also positioned it for Medicare's bundled payment experiment.
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The CMS on Thursday announced that more than 450 healthcare organizations will participate in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, a program created under the healthcare reform law.
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