Study: Effects of Medicare’s Bundled Payment

Association of Hospital Participation in a Medicare Bundled Payment Program With Volume and Case Mix of Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Episodes – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Can Paying for a Health Problem as a Whole, Not Piece by Piece, Save Medicare Money? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Medicare’s Bundled Payment Program–Does it Change Hospital Volume or Case Mix? – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND One of Obamacare’s big experiments to lower costs is working surprisingly well – VOX (free)