Hospital and Physician Group Practice Participation in Prior and Next-Generation Value-Based Payment Programs

Introduction

Getting hospitals to participate in value-based payment reform voluntarily is a challenge.¹ One of the largest voluntary payment models run by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Initiative.² Prior studies have focused primarily on early adopter hospitals and did not consider the role of dropout history and indirect exposure through physicians.^3-6 This study examines whether prior participation in the BPCI Initiative, direct or indirect through physician group practices (PGPs), was associated with their participation in the next generation of the program (BPCI Advanced).

Citation

Kang S, Anderson G. Hospital and Physician Group Practice Participation in Prior and Next-Generation Value-Based Payment Programs. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(2):e240392. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0392