Purpose of review The purpose of this review was to evaluate the literature regarding bundle
payment reimbursement models for total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Recent findings From an …

Context: The aging of the baby boom generation, the extension of life, and progressive
increases in disability‐free life expectancy have generated a dramatic demographic …

Medicare beneficiaries' medical needs, and where beneficiaries undergo treatment, have
changed dramatically over the past two decades. Twenty years ago, most spending growth …

Episode-based,“bundled” payments have come to the forefront of the national discussion on
combating rising healthcare costs. In the currently dominant fee-for-service model for …

A key issue in the decades-long struggle over US health care spending is how to distribute
liability for expenses across all market participants, from insurers to providers. The rise and …

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative is a federally funded innovation
model mandated by the Affordable Care Act. It is designed to help transition Medicare away …

“Medicare for All” has emerged as a major flashpoint in American politics. Its unexpected
rise is, in part, a reaction to a decade of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as …

Objective To examine the long‐term impact of M edicare payment reductions on patient
outcomes for M edicare acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. Data Sources Analysis of …

Slower Growth in Medicare Spending — Is This the New Normal? | New England Journal of
Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY eading political figures, including President-Elect Barack Obama, 1
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus, 2 and Secretary-Designate of the …