PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS IN THE BUNDLED PAYMENTS FOR CARE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Hospitals participating in Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program were incented to reduce Medicare payments for episodes of care. To identify factors that influenced whether or not hospitals were able to save in the BPCI program, how the cost of different services changed to produce those savings, and if “savers” had lower or decreased quality of care. Retrospective cohort study. BPCI-participating hospitals. We...