title: The episode, the PTAC, cost, and the neurointerventionalist.
abstract: Episodic care forms a payment methodology of increasing relevance to neurointerventional specialists and other providers. Episodic care payment models are currently recognized in both payment paths described by the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act (MACRA): the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System and Advanced Alternative Payment Models. Understanding the cost of care, as well as how such costs are shaped in the context of episodic care, will be critical to success in both of these paths.
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: Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Rosenkrantz
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Liu
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
authors.affiliation: Hackensack Radiology Group, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Nicola
mesh_terms: D017050:Episode of Care; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Economics