Risks and Opportunities in Medicare’s Cardiac Bundled Payment Program
Jonathan W. Pearce, CPA, FHFMA
Introduction
In July 2016 CMS released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) of its intent to implement a mandatory bundled payment program for specified cardiology and cardiac surgery services, along with several other programs. These Episode Payment Models (EPMs) will begin in July 2017 for almost all hospitals located in 98 selected metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).