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Cleveland Clinic, Boeing in bundled payment talks
Cleveland Clinic is exploring another bundled payment deal, this time with a major defense contractor, the CEO said Friday. Although there are limited details, the health system spokesperson
Guest Commentary: 4 hard truths about bundled payments
Guest post by Deirdre M. Baggot The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced the national expansion of bundled payment (BP) pilots, signaling the beginning of the end of
Bundled-payment pilots spinning their wheels
Bundling payments to providers for certain episodes of care may not yield savings and efficiencies as easily as once thought, according to a new study of the Prometheus payment project by the RAND
CMS launches voluntary bundled payment program
Physicians, hospitals, and other providers who are interested in being financially incentivized to collaborate with one another now have four options for doing so under Medicare's new Bundled
SPOTLIGHT: Program uses education, bundled payment to improve kidney patient care
Medicare has decided to begin funding a new program educating the public about treatment options for dialysis patients. This comes in the wake of CMS's decision to propose a single bundled payment to
Public interest rising in bundled payments, but uncertainties remain
When a term appears in USA Today, you can be pretty sure it has gone mainstream--and this week, the term "bundled payments' is featured in a piece in the national daily, suggesting that if nothing
CMS proposes bundled payment for dialysis services
CMS has proposed switching payment for dialysis services from a fee-for-service basis to a prospective payment. The PPS payment would be for facilities providing dialysis services to Medicare
Hospitalists recommend changes to 'bundled payment' model
A think tank made up of hospitalist groups has released a white paper suggesting some changes to the emerging bundled payment model for episodes of care. Generally speaking, they're arguing for CMS
MA moving ahead with bundled payment model
Once again proving that they aren't afraid to be first, Massachusetts officials are moving ahead with plans to create a bundled payment system for providers that would replace the existing
Capitation creeping into contracts
Looking back, it's hard to argue that capitation models have plenty of flaws--but of late, they seem to be creeping back into the consciousness of health executives, legislators and policymakers
