Bundled Payment Episodes Initiated by Physician Group Practices: Medicare Beneficiary Perceptions of Care Quality

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative incentivizes participating providers to reduce total Medicare payments for an episode of care. However, there are concerns that reducing payments could reduce quality of care.To assess the association of BPCI with patient-reported functional status and care experiences.We surveyed a stratified random sample of Medicare beneficiaries with BPCI episodes attributed to participating...