Issues surrounding "ownership" of CMS bundled payment episodes by physicians
I was quoted in an article entitled "Bundled Payments: What Doctors Need to Now" in the April 2017 issue of Medical Economics, which offers some guidelines to physicians about participation in these programs. This article expands on some points made there, and provide some additional considerations for physicians who may wish to participate in these programs.
After several months of negotiations you've reached agreement with a contract physician group to provide hospitalist services in your hospital. This group has particular expertise in helping patients with multiple comorbidities and focuses on making sure that those patients get into the proper post-acute setting, which you hope will improve your performance in the Medicare Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) CHF and COPD episodes in which you’re participating.