Amol S. Navathe, Justin E. Bekelman, and Joshua M. Liao write in Health Affairs:
The recently proposed RO Model emphasizes several new policy levers that can drive health care value but have been partially or completely unexplored in bundled payment programs to date: prospective, site-neutral episode payments implemented nationwide on a mandatory basis. In turn, pending confirmation in a final rule, these features are important to consider as potential mechanisms for advancing payment reform across specialty models.