Bundled Payment Episodes Initiated by Physician Group Practices: Medicare Beneficiary Perceptions of Care Quality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative incentivizes participating providers to reduce total Medicare payments for an episode of care. However, there are concerns that reducing payments could reduce quality of care.

Objective

To assess the association of BPCI with patient-reported functional status and care experiences.

Design

We surveyed a stratified random sample of Medicare beneficiaries with BPCI episodes attributed to participating physician group practices, and matched comparison beneficiaries, after hospitalization for one of the 18 highest volume clinical episodes. The sample included beneficiaries discharged from the hospital from February 2017 through September 2017. Beneficiaries were surveyed approximately 90 days after their

SUBMITTER: McClellan SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971231 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature