20-Plus Device-Related Episodes-Of-Care Included In New Medicare Bundled-Pay Models
Executive Summary
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Innovation Center has launched a new voluntary bundled-payment model covering more than 20 different types of clinical episodes involving devices. But they will limit outcome evaluations to 90 days, which may not be long enough to demonstrate the value of some cardiac care and orthopedic devices.
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