bundled payments

Hospitals and quality: Some initial thoughts on measurement and funding

March 25, 2013

We pay people to do things. It’s an underpinning of western civilization, which has evolved to a point where we pay people to do more of things we want. This concept holds remarkably true right up until we begin talking about healthcare. In healthcare, we either do not pay people to do things better (often in public systems), or paying people to do things better doesn’t seem to work. Paying hospitals for what they do is common elsewhere. Read more

Reflections on bundled payments in Canada

January 9, 2013

What can we learn in Canada from US evidence about bundled payments? While costs of care and the overall sustainability of the healthcare system is a consideration in Canada, the more pressing reason to adopt bundled payments is related to quality, as bundles can address gaps in care between the acute care and post-acute care settings. Read more