“Bundling” Payment for Episodes of Hospital Care
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![Registered nurse Mary Schlitter, left, speaks to heart patient Maria Marure, with the help of medical interpreter Marina Moreno at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. Expanding the Acute Care Episode, or ACE, bundling program for cardiac and orthopedic procedures nationwide could reap significant savings. (AP/M. Spencer Green)]()
“Bundling” Payment for Episodes of Hospital Care
Harriet L. Komisar, Judy Feder, and Paul B. Ginsburg offer guidance for designing a pilot program for bundling Medicare payments.
