Which Episodes Should I Bundle for BPCI
by Jonathan Pearce, CPA, FHFMA and Coleen Kivlahan, MD, MSPH
Applicants to the Medicare Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) program will be busy spending December identifying episodes for which they should participate when they "go live" in April. Several episode families are common candidates for participation, and an overview of their characteristics is described below.