CMS Delays Deadlines For New Bundled Payment Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently delayed the deadline for submitting participation agreements and clinical selections in relation to the Trump administration’s new bundled payment model. The decision gives provider organizations additional time—one week—to decide whether they will participate in the administration’s bundled payment program.

The Trump administration’s bundled payment initiative, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced), tests a new iteration of bundled payments for 32 clinical episodes, and aims to align incentives among participating health care provider organizations for reducing expenditures and improving quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries . . .