Medicare In Brief
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Hospital-doc payment bundles: CMS announced five hospitals selected to participate in a bundle payment demonstration project, originally announced in May and expected to begin in the next several months, to test the impact on quality and efficiency of a single payment covering both hospital and physician services for an inpatient stay, rather than separate Part A and B payments. Two hospitals in Oklahoma, one in Texas, one in Colorado and one in New Mexico will receive the bundled payments for up to 37 procedures including cardiac valve replacements, angioplasty and hip and knee replacements