The concept and strategy of Bundled Payments (BP) may be a useful tool as health care risk reimbursement models emerge. CMS has begun to experiment with this concept.
Explain how the concept of Bundled Payments can mitigate risk for a health care institution, or how you believe that it will increase the financial risk to an organization. Is there an opportunity within your organization for this strategy to be applied? Remember to structure your answer in a concise way and directly answer the question.
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McKesson Health Solutions. (2010, February). Bundled Payment (PDF). Health Plan Payment Methods.
Becker’s Hospital CFO Report. (2013, July 15). The bundled payments for care improvement program: A hospital analysis.