title: The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative.
abstract: The Affordable Care Act enters its fifth year firmly entrenched in our national consciousness. One method that has entered the vernacular for achieving cost savings is accountable care. There are other approaches that are less well known. The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative has the potential to significantly impact neurointerventionalists. We review that initiative here.
authors.affiliation: NeuroEndovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.affiliation: NeuroEndovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Thabele M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Leslie-Mazwi
authors.affiliation: Mecklenburg Radiology Associates P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGinty
authors.affiliation: Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Nicola
authors.affiliation: South Texas Radiology Group, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Ezequiel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky, USA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: Laxmaiah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manchikanti
mesh_terms: D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States
keywords: Economics