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Comparative Study
. 2018 Jun;37(6):854-863.
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1358.

Comparison Of Hospitals Participating In Medicare's Voluntary And Mandatory Orthopedic Bundle Programs

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Comparative Study

Comparison Of Hospitals Participating In Medicare's Voluntary And Mandatory Orthopedic Bundle Programs

Amol S Navathe et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Jun.

Abstract

We analyzed data from Medicare and the American Hospital Association Annual Survey to compare characteristics and baseline performance among hospitals in Medicare's voluntary (Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, or BPCI) and mandatory (Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, or CJR) joint replacement bundled payment programs. BPCI hospitals had higher mean patient volume and were larger and more teaching intensive than were CJR hospitals, but the two groups had similar risk exposure and baseline episode quality and cost. BPCI hospitals also had higher cost attributable to institutional postacute care, largely driven by inpatient rehabilitation facility cost. These findings suggest that while both voluntary and mandatory approaches can play a role in engaging hospitals in bundled payment, mandatory programs can produce more robust, generalizable evidence. Either mandatory or additional targeted voluntary programs may be required to engage more hospitals in bundled payment programs.

Keywords: Financing Health Care; Health Reform; Hospitals; Medicare; Organization and Delivery of Care.

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Exhibit 1
Exhibit 1
Hospital participation in Medicare’s voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative and mandatory Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) program in 2016, by Metropolitan Statistical Area Source: SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data for 2013–15 from the American Hospital Association Annual Survey and of publicly available Medicare data for 2013–16 on bundled payment program participants.
Exhibit 4
Exhibit 4
Average episode spending breakdown by component for major hip and knee joint replacement for hospitals participating in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative and Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) program, 2016 Source/Notes: SOURCE Authors’ analysis of Medicare claims data for 2010–16. NOTES Episode spending is for Medicare Severity–Diagnosis-Relate Group (MS-DRG) 470, major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without a major complicating or comorbid condition. Other inpatient facilities include long-term acute care facilities, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and critical access hospitals.

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