Tough decisions: How OCM and BPCIA participants managed COVID-19 overlap challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of our healthcare system. That’s true for participants in the Oncology Care [...]
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Major changes coming to BPCIA
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced sweeping changes for Model Year 4 of the Bundled [...]
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Big Medicare bundled payment changes could cut participation, advisers say
DataGen was recently featured on www.hfma.org. Medicare has made changes to the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model, including [...]
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The Transformative Power of Effective Data Analysis in BPCIA
As participants in Model Year 3 of the BPCI Advanced program prepare for the next model year, one thing [...]
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After big payouts, Medicare may throttle back bundled payment program
DataGen was recently featured on www.hfma.org. Proposed changes would switch Medicare’s voluntary bundled payments program from using prospective to retrospective [...]
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New CMS Announcements for BPCI-A Model Year 4
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) only just announced flexibilities to its bundled payment programs due to [...]
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Bundled payment participants face choices on 2020 performance measurement, continued participation
DataGen was recently featured on www.hfma.org. Current BPCI-A participants will need to decide this fall whether to stay in the [...]
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What to Expect from CMS’ response to COVID-19
DataGen was recently featured on www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com. Since the U.S. went into various forms of lockdown due to COVID-19 in late [...]
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DataGen’s John Kalamaras Discusses Changes in BPCI Advanced
John Kalamaras, business intelligence analytics manager of DataGen, chats with Managed Healthcare Executive’s Briana Contreras, about the Centers for [...]
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Where are Medicare value-based payment models headed after COVID-19?
DataGen was recently featured on www.hfma.org. The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new opportunities and created new challenges for providers [...]
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DataGen launches new BPCI Advanced tools to map changes in episode participation
Interactive tools show changes across clinical episode categories and geography, giving provider organizations insight into how the program is [...]
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BPCI Advanced: The Future of BPCI-A
The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program is about to enter its third year. As the program evolves, [...]
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BPCI Advanced: 4 strategies for BPCI Advanced success
Setting your organization up for success Now that Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model year 3 has begun, [...]
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4 Questions to Ask to Help Maximize Bundled Payment Savings
The Data-Driven Mindset As any bundled payment program veteran can tell you: you can’t do well in one of [...]
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The Most Important Factor in BPCI Advanced Target Prices
DataGen was recently featured on www.ajmc.com. The BPCI Advanced program, the successor to Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI), involves Medicare’s most [...]
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BPCI Advanced: Get Answers to Your BPCI Advanced Questions in One-on-One Sessions
The application period for model year 3 (MY3) of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvements Advanced program will close on June [...]
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Voluntary Today, Mandatory Tomorrow: The Value of Early Bundled Payment Participation
DataGen was recently featured on www.ajmc.com. Healthcare organizations face a daunting challenge when it comes to managing alternative payment models [...]
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BPCI Advanced: How to use your data analysis to get clinical buy-in
The March 12 application deadline for BPCI Advanced has come and gone, and practices are waiting to get their [...]
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4 steps to participate in BPCI Advanced & what to expect
DataGen was recently featured in Becker’s Spine Review. CMS revealed its new voluntary episode model, Bundled Payments for Care [...]
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BPCI Advanced: Understanding the BPCI Advanced Targets
In February, CMS issued preliminary target specifications for the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BCPI) Advanced program. The targets [...]
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CMS is Leading the Way Towards Bundled Payments. Should It Be?
DataGen was recently featured on Healthcare Analytics News. Before he became head of the Department of Health & Human Services [...]
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BPCI Advanced: Three things to remember about applying to BPCI Advanced
The deadline for applications to BPCI Advanced is fast approaching. Between now and March 12, what can you do [...]
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BPCI Advanced: 10 Things to Know About the New BPCI Advanced Program
What you should be aware of—and what you can do now After months of waiting, the Centers for [...]
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Six things to know about CMS’ new bundled payment model
DataGen was recently featured in an article from Managed Healthcare Executive. CMS has set in motion a voluntary episode [...]
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Trump admin’s new bundle bid shows value-based care’s staying power
DataGen was recently featured in an article from Healthcare Dive Debates over ACA policies have come to a head [...]
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CMS Announces New Voluntary Bundled Payment Model that Qualifies as Advanced APM
DataGen was recently featured in an article from Healthcare Informatics. Stakeholders are reacting positively to the launch of a voluntary [...]
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Advisers See Good and Bad in New Voluntary Bundle
DataGen was recently featured in an article from hfma.org. UNCERTAIN HOSPITALS MAY BENEFIT FROM APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM ON [...]
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New bundled-payment program lacks cushion (subscriber content)
DataGen was recently featured in an article from Crain’s New York. Despite skepticism about the Trump administration’s commitment to [...]
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CMS Unveils New Voluntary Bundled Payment Model
DataGen was recently featured on www.ajmc.com. CMS on Tuesday unveiled plans for an expanded bundled payment model that calls for [...]
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How to Use Benchmarks in BPCI and CJR
The use of benchmark cost comparisons is common throughout healthcare. Benchmarks are used for comparisons of internal hospital costs [...]
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Who Should Own Bundled Payment Episodes?
With the announcement of the next generation of Medicare bundled payment programs (“BPCI Advanced”) expected at any time, many [...]
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What can the industry expect from the BPCI Advanced program?
DataGen was recently featured in an article from Becker’s Spine Review. With the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative coming [...]
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Value of CMS’ voluntary bundled-payments program remains unclear (subscriber content)
DataGen was recently featured in an article from Modern Healthcare. For the third consecutive year, researchers cannot determine whether [...]
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Three Operational Issues to Look for in the BPCI Advanced Announcement
DataGen’s article was recently featured on www.ajmc.com. Many current and potential bundled payment participants are eagerly awaiting the announcement [...]
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BPCI Advanced: Three Questions for BPCI Advanced
The Programmatic Answers to Look for in the BPCI Advanced Announcement Many current and potential bundled payment participants are [...]
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Bundled Payment Program Provokes Uncertainty
DataGen was recently featured in an article from Crain’s New York. Academic medical centers and other providers in New [...]
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DataGen Launches BPCI-A Market Evaluation Tool
Providers can explore average expenditures in their market and assess their BPCI-A success DataGen, a leading healthcare data analytics [...]
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