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The American Hospital Association wants it to be easier for hospitals nationwide to begin adopting episode-based payment models, such as bundled payments, the trade association wrote in a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The letter addressed to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure comes in response to a CMS request for information (RFI). It outlined a number of changes and guidelines that AHA says CMS should bear in mind while developing episode-based payment models.
AHA hospitals are no stranger to bundled payment models developed by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), with the organization touting experience with Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI), BPCI Advanced (BPCI-A), and Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR).