Medicare bundled payments for joint replacement cut costs by 20%

(By Brooke Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review)

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found bundled payments for joint replacement services can reduce costs by up to 20 percent without sacrificing patient outcomes.  Continue reading article here…

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