Given the overwhelming data and momentum among employers and private insurers, this latest announcement might just be the tipping point for many providers across the nation.
Posted late last week, the proposed rule would eliminate certain mandatory bundled payment programs, including those for heart attacks and joint replacements.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
If the bundled payments program proves successful for orthopedics, other complex conditions and diseases could apply these best practices to improve health and reduce costs, too.
A new study from JAMA Internal Medicine found hospitals participating in one or more value-based programs have lower readmission rates.
As virtual rehabilitation picks up, traditional orthopedics widget makers like Breg are foraying into at-home physical therapy using a sensor device and a companion mobile app.
The shift from volume to value is no where more apparent than in the orthopedics specialty where vendors that once obsessed over titanium and steel are now focusing on services to manage the bundled payment era.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
HHS Secretary Tom Price is no fan of mandatory bundled payments, and not surprisingly, CMS is now delaying multiple bundled payment initiatives.
An analyst survey shows that surgeons who are part of Medicare's Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program are denying or delaying hip and knee replacements for certain patients.
Force Therapeutics CEO and founder Bronwyn Spira said the company is currently working with 24 hospitals as it seeks to expand westward.
The man Donald Trump has picked to be HHS secretary has vocally opposed the new Medicare payment program and is likely to revoke it.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
The cardiac bundles will be launched in 98 randomly selected areas that have yet to be named.
I think we will all look back at this July 25th announcement as the tipping point in the movement towards value-based payments because of the number of people it impacts on all sides of the care equation.
Cambia Health Solutions is MDsave's first strategic investor and CEO Paul Ketchel expects there will be more.
Hospitals that work with physicians and other providers to deliver care for less than a quality-adjusted target price would be paid based on the savings achieved. Hospitals with costs that exceed this price would be required to repay Medicare.
Broader scalability of bundled payment options will be paced by the availability of accurate and timely data from network participants and workable frameworks for sharing risks and rewards among bundled payment partners.