Procedures employing interbody devices and multi-level fusion require target price adjustment to build a sustainable lumbar fusion bundled payment model

MJ Lambrechts, TZ Issa, Y Lee, ND D'Antonio, A Kalra… - The Spine Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Bundled payment models require risk adjustment to ensure
appropriate targets are set. While this may be standardized for many services, spine fusions …

P82. Multi-level procedures and interbody fusions require target price adjustment to build a sustainable lumbar fusion bundled payment model

MJ Lambrechts, TZ Issa, Y Lee, N D'Antonio… - The Spine Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Bundled payment models, designed to incentivize high-value
care, require risk adjustment to ensure appropriate targets are set based on patient …

Lack of cost savings for lumbar spine fusions after bundled payments for care improvement initiative: a consequence of increased case complexity

WH Bronson, MT Kingery, L Hutzler, R Karia, T Errico… - Spine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective analysis of Medicare claims and procedure details from a
single institution participation in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) …

Are current DRG-based bundled payment models for lumbar fusions risk-adjusting adequately? An analysis of Medicare beneficiaries

AT Malik, FM Phillips, E Yu, SN Khan - The Spine Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Current bundled payment programs in spine surgery, such as
the bundled payment for care improvement rely on the use of diagnosis-related groups …

116. Risk adjustment in bundled payment models: medical comorbidities as risk factors for reduced reimbursement following lumbar fusion and decompression in the …

N D'Antonio, M Lambrechts, D Farronato, J Pezzulo… - The Spine Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Given that elderly Americans are more likely to have one or
more chronic medical conditions, accurate adjustment of target costs within Centers for …

P135. Patient specific risk factors for reduced profitability of a private insurance bundled payment model for lumbar fusion and decompression

N D'Antonio, M Lambrechts, D Farronato, J Pezzulo… - The Spine Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT Health care reimbursements have started to shift from fee-for-
service to bundled payments. Given this trend, there is a need to assess the performance of …

Ninety-day reimbursements for primary single-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion from commercial and Medicare data

N Jain, FM Phillips, SN Khan - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective. To analyze the distribution of 90-day payments for a primary single-level posterior
lumbar interbody fusion from Commercial payers and Medicare. Summary of Background …

Implementation of a Private Payer Bundled Payment Model While Maintaining High-Value Lumbar Spinal Fusion

TZ Issa, Y Lee, MJ Lambrechts, ND D'Antonio, GR Toci… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective single-institution cohort Objective: To evaluate the
implementation of a commercial bundled payment model in patients undergoing lumbar …

26. Modeling a successful transition from BPCI to private payer bundled payment models while maintaining high value lumbar spinal fusion

TZ Issa, Y Lee, MJ Lambrechts, GR Toci, N D'Antonio… - The Spine Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT The United States launched the Bundled Payments for Care
Improvement (BCPI) Initiative to incentivize high value care. While initially successful …

90-Day Reimbursements for Primary Single-Level Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion from Commercial and Medicare Data

N Jain, FM Phillips, SN Khan - The Spine Journal, 2017 - thespinejournalonline.com
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Episode-based bundled payments aim to align incentives of all
health care providers toward the common goal of high quality and economic health care …