Effectiveness of a Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Medicare Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program reimburses 90-day care episodes post-hospitalization. COPD is a leading cause of early readmissions making it a target for value-based payment reform.

Objective

Evaluate the financial impact of a COPD BPCI program.

Design, participants, interventions

A single-site retrospective observational study evaluated the impact of an evidence-based transitions of care program on episode costs and readmission rates, comparing patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbations who received versus those who did not receive the intervention.

Main measures

Mean episode costs and readmissions.

Key results

Between October 2015 and September 2018, 132 received and 161 did not receive the program, respe

SUBMITTER: Waltman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506991 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature