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

jamanetwopen-e2451792.pdf Key Points Question Did medical and surgical or procedural episodes perform differently in the first year of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement–Advanced (BPCI-A) program? Findings In this cohort study that included 2 895 878 episodes, BPCI-A participation was associated with a decrease in Medicare payments of $882 per episode for medical episodes and $587 per episode for surgical or procedural episodes, a difference of $295 per episode that did not reach statistical significance when compared in absolute terms.

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