News For Tag "orthopedic"

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  BPCI-Advanced is Coming: 3 Reasons to Sign Up

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Thursday, April 25, 2019

  The enrollment period for the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI)-Advanced is officially open! Providers can receive free Medicare data to assess patient costs, outcomes, and target prices for 37 clinical episodes, including orthopedic and cardiac procedures. How much revenue can you generate in Medicare bundled payments? Contact us today to review your data.

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  Dynamics of Physician Engagement

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Wednesday, June 6, 2018

  Dr. Kaminski specializes in primary and complex hip and knee replacements, revision joint surgery, and painful joint replacements and performs 750 joint replacements annually. He believes that bundled payments are important to implement because the fee-for-service environment is unsustainable. In the following series of questions, Dr. Kaminski provides his insights on the benefits and challenges of care redesign.

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  Managing Behaviors in Bundled Payments: Patients, Physicians, and Organizations

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Tuesday, October 25, 2016

  Although many people write about implementing bundled payments, few articles provide a level of detail about what works and how to administer key aspects of care redesign within a physician group practice. As a follow-up to a previous article on setting expectations, Jason McCormick, Manager of Process Improvement at Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in Germantown, TN, shares another key approach to a successful bundled payment program: managing behaviors. Campbell is one of the orthopedic groups we,

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  Bundled Payment Succe$$: Setting Expectations for Episode Alignment

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Friday, July 29, 2016

  There is no silver bullet strategy to be successful in bundled payments. Signature Medical Group's (SMG) previous articles have discussed high level strategy encompassing preparation for bundled payments, the importance of data analytics, and more. Our insights are built on our experience as an Awardee Convener for nearly 60 orthopedic physician groups across the country for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative.

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  Orthopedic physicians show reduced episode costs with defined clinical care pathways

  posted by Signature Care Management Team on Wednesday, July 6, 2016

  A recent study, "Physicians with Defined Clear Care Pathways have Better Discharge Disposition and Lower Cost", published in the Journal of Arthroplasty with John Tessier, and Signature Medical Group as co-authors, highlights the importance of defined post-acute care pathways for treatment of Medicare patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty.