{"id":5485,"date":"2017-01-04T09:17:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T14:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5485"},"modified":"2017-01-04T09:17:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T14:17:30","slug":"bundled-payments-work-study-finds-but-hhs-nominee-no-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=5485","title":{"rendered":"Bundled Payments Work, Study Finds, But HHS Nominee No Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>A recent change in the way Medicare pays for joint replacements is saving millions of dollars annually \u2014\u00a0and could save billions \u2014 without impacting patient care, <a href=\"http:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamainternalmedicine\/article-abstract\/2594805\" target=\"_blank\">a new study<\/a> has found. But the man Donald Trump has picked to be the secretary of Health and Human Services has vocally opposed the new mandatory payment program and is likely to revoke it. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/bundled-payments-work-study-finds-but-hhs-nominee-no-fan\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=40045738&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8VR5a16dLYT296mh6QE-hwr7qazj26kjr46qWqMqPVHKR2LvcFQTIekO8x-4croHF6BM05xwV80DGaj3Wjye91aiVFaw&amp;_hsmi=40045738\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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