Karen E Joynt Maddox, E John Orav, Jie Zheng, Arnold M Epstein
BACKGROUND: Studies of medical conditions in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative did not show reductions in Medicare payments for the majority of conditions, but this could mask heterogeneity. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether earlier enrollment and/or longer participation in BPCI were associated with performance. DESIGN: We divided BPCI hospitals into wave 1 (joined 10/1/13, 1/1/14, or 4/1/14), wave 2 (joined 7/1/14, 10/1/14, 1/1/15, or 4/1/15), and wave 3 (joined 7/1/15, 10/1/15, or 1/1/16) and compared changes in Medicare payments for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, sepsis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease between BPCI and matched controls in 6-month increments...
October 2020: Medical Care