Patient-Reported Outcomes Are Key To Understanding Success of Bundled Payments – NPC’s Dubois
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Experience with the end-stage renal disease prospective payment system reveals a valuable lesson – that patient-related quality metrics are needed to fully assess the impact the system has on the patient, something that will be valuable when bundling is considered for treatments where drug costs are significant.
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