Overlap between Medicare's Voluntary Bundled Payment and Accountable Care Organization Programs

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled payments represent prominent value‐based payment models, but the magnitude of overlap between the two models has not yet been described. Using Medicare data, we defined overlap based on attribution to Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs and hospitalization for Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) episodes at BPCI participant hospitals. Between 2013 and 2016, overlap as a share of...