Medical and Surgical Episodes Among Hospital Participants in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement-Advanced Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospital participation in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement-Advanced (BPCI-A) initiative has been associated with modest savings and stable clinical outcomes overall, but it is unknown whether the program performs differently for medical and surgical or procedural (henceforth, surgical) episodes.

Objective

To assess the association of BPCI-A participation with Medicare spending and clinical outcomes for medical and surgical episodes.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective difference-in-differences cohort study utilized 100% Medicare fee-for-service inpatient claims for episodes initiated between January 1, 2017, and September 30, 2019, and included 90 days of follow-up. The setting was hospitals participating in BPCI-A and matched nonp

SUBMITTER: Robbins KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667361 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature