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bundled payments

Six Quick First Impressions of the CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative (BPCII)

This afternoon CMS announced the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative (BPCII). For details, start reading here.

Here are six quick first impressions:

1. It’s very creative and innovative. CMS has demonstrated out-of-the-box thinking and leaves a lot of room for applicants to propose their own approaches. Expect to have to read the materials 2-3 times to wrap your thinking around it.

Unlike the Medicare Shared Savings ACO rule, the BPCII is flexible.  Anticipate some innovative and non-traditional proposals from diverse applicants. Unlike […]