Bundled Payments (BPCI)
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CMS is positioning bundled payments for a broader mandatory phase, with CJR’s reported $180M in Medicare savings and maintained quality strengthening the case for nationwide expansion while CJR-X moves joint replacement episodes into a more challenging environment of fewer, sicker inpatient cases and faster outpatient migration. The strategic tension for hospitals, ACOs, and post-acute partners is shifting from “can bundles save money?” to “who controls the episode as site-of-care moves outpatient,” especially as TEAM accelerates outpatient services and tighter home health coordination while Medicare’s inpatient-only list phaseout further pressures margins and care redesign. See: CJR savings and expansion rationale and CJR-X participation/model expansion
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