JAMA Internal Medicine - January 2017
Bundled payments – single, fixed payments for services by 2+ providers during an episode of care – present an opportunity to incentivize providers for care quality, efficiency, and coordination improvements.
Peer-reviewed research published in JAMA Internal Medicine details how Medicare bundling participant Baptist Health System achieved replicable hospital, post-acute, and Medicare savings - without compromising quality.
The industry-first research concludes that providers with or without bundling experience could immediately apply Baptist’s strategies, which were implemented in partnership with Guidehouse, to drive care delivery improvements.