New Price Bundling Software Hits the ASC and Hospital Market in the USA Without Comparison

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“There is no pricing integrity when a hospital or ASC copies off its neighbor’s price sheets.”

Bundlr?, an innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) pricing tool that has revolutionized the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and hospital market. Developed by renowned healthcare strategist Dr. Maria Todd, PhD, MHA, and her team of expert programmers, Bundlr? stands alone as the most comprehensive and competitive solution in the marketplace today.

Bundlr? is designed to streamline and simplify bundled pricing for surgical procedures by utilizing basic cost and overhead data tied to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, anesthesia administration, and surgeon fees. The software calculates the total costs for supplies, surgeon hardware preferences, implants, surgeon time, preoperative care, and post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) time, and allows users to set a preferred profit margin. Within seconds, Bundlr? generates a complete bundled price that is ready to be used in value-based care arrangements and for cash pay discounts.

Bundlr? also offers an invaluable feature for managed care plans and third-party administrator (TPA) arrangements. By entering the payer’s offer into the "offer price" field, users can quickly determine whether the proposed payment aligns with what is financially sustainable for the facility. This helps facilities ensure their pricing maintains integrity and profitability.

Knowing how indispensable this tool is to hospitals and ASCs, subscription costs will be miniscule in comparison to hiring (if you can find) a competent staffer to develop and maintain this from scratch.? Subscriptions to develop case rates will be sold in packages of 100, 500, 1000, and 1500 case rate calculations per year. Upgrades will be available if the hospital or ASC underestimated its usefulness and wants more calculations in a year. Bundlr? is something that every hospital, health system and ASC will need and can afford, worldwide.

And in an ever-changing market, where supply chain disruptions or labor costs may fluctuate, Bundlr? allows for rapid updates. A quick five-second entry of new cost data ensures the bundled price reflects the current cost structure, providing a critical advantage in maintaining accurate, real-time pricing. The software also offers the unique ability to conduct blind comparisons of costs and time spent on each procedure, surgeon by surgeon, enhancing decision-making and resource allocation.

Bundlr? is a highly specialized tool with no current direct competition, as it goes beyond that which typical RCM platforms or other healthcare systems. It offers a granular, code-by-code, and surgeon-by-surgeon cost analysis and margin-setting. It operates in tandem with those systems rather than competing with them. Unlike other “surgery price shopping” platforms, it does not compare prices across facilities or brands. This specialized tool is used for internal price development and price integrity; not to compare prices against local or national (or international in the case of medical tourism) competitors.? “There is no pricing integrity when a hospital or ASC copies off its neighbor’s price sheets.” Todd explains.? She further explains, “True price” is not a tag line. It is an actual, defensible price that arises from actual costs of a particular hospital or ASC, regardless of what happens elsewhere in the marketplace.”

Bundlr’s unique features, like quick handling of on-the-fly updates for operating room time and supply costs in seconds to be able to quote a bundled price on a procedure-by-procedure basis, clearly set it apart.? Instead of hiring a trained and capable staff member to manually perform these tedious calculations and maintain them, it does these in seconds on a code-by-code, surgeon-by-surgeon basis across all specialties.

Bundlr? is now available for demonstration and subscription, offering a revolutionary pricing solution to ASCs and hospitals across the country.? It is also available on an international level. Providers simply substitute their national coding system for procedure code descriptions instead of the US-based CPT system.

For media inquiries or to schedule a demo, please contact:

Dr. Maria Todd, PhD, MHA 800-727-4160

About Dr. Maria Todd Dr. Maria Todd is a globally renowned healthcare strategist and hands-on administrator with over four decades of experience and 23 internationally-published, peer-reviewed textbooks. Her books cover managed care contracting, value-based care, bundled pricing, concierge medicine, physician-hospital integration, domestic and international medical travel, and healthcare business development.

Her expertise in surgical pricing was developed in the late 1990s. It is coupled with her knowledge and experience as an ASC administrator and OR nurse to change how healthcare facilities approach cost transparency and financial sustainability.

Dr Todd will be presenting on bundled price logic and value-based care later this month at Beckers 30th Annual Meeting The Business & Operations of ASCs, October 30th – November 2nd at Hyatt Regency Chicago. Come Engage, Network and Learn with hundreds of your executive peers!? Maria will remain for a second presentation on a separate topic and be available to mingle and network for the entire event. Reach out for a coffee or a chat!

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