Transitioning to Value Based Oncology: Strategies to Survive & Thrive

I spoke last week at the 2012 Cancer Center Business Summit.  Click on the link for the PowerPoint Slides given at the Summit: Cancer Business Summit v6.

All the Best, Wes

PCD News Release: LOI Submission for CMS BPI

PCD Partners, Inc. (PCD) of Lebanon, NH, has submitted a letter of intent as the convener of health care providers interested in Model 2 and 4 of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Upon acceptance of this plan, PCD will work with stakeholders to receive adequate and appropriate data that will allow them to design, implement, and study episode of care bundles and their use as a tool to improve clinical quality and outcomes of care while decreasing overall healthcare costs across a coordinated continuum of care in the State of New Hampshire.

PCD plans to design and implement a first-in-class care delivery model with a special emphasis on critical access hospitals, integrating both financial and clinical elements, payment reform, and State of New Hampshire support to promote community health and access throughout New Hampshire. The delivery model will include coordination between PCD (the convener), at least three acute care hospitals, approximately six critical access hospitals, six home health associations, and a to-be-determined number of physicians and physician groups.

Although CMS does not consider critical access hospitals as eligible participating organizations under the initiative, PCD plans to include these important providers in its bundled payment initiative to extend and improve savings. PCD intends to analyze the data using both robust analytic tools and internal and external expertise in new care model development, reimbursement modeling, operational efficiency, and clinical quality.