What Medicare’s Go Forward Plan Means For Your Strategy

What drives change in the health care system? I get a sense of the trends by stepping back and looking at the planned changes to Medicaid and Medicare. Why? Medicaid is 17% ($565.5 billion) of U.S. health care spending, and Medicare is 20% ($672.1 billion). If you look at the pending and proposed changes to Medicare, there are some shifts ahead to take note of in your strategy development.

Recast bundled rates—First up, the October 1 launch date for the new voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) model. Under the new model, 90 . . .