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I
t's time to embrace the bundled pay-
ment, a single fee negotiated with
insurers in exchange for managing
every aspect of patient care from the
moment cases are scheduled to 90
days post-op. There's risk involved (you pay
the costs that exceed the bundled amount),
but also plenty of opportunity for reward (you
share in the savings realized by delivering
quality care for less than the agreed upon
fee).
Excelsior Orthopedics in Amherst, N.Y.,
began bundling for total joints 4 years ago,
Joe Paone | Senior Associate Editor
Get On Board With Bundled Payments
You can deliver quality outcomes at lower costs —
and profit, too — by managing every aspect of an episode of care.
• PAYING DIVIDENDS Managers of
bundled payments allocate and distrib-
ute portions of a single fee to other
providers along the continuum of care.
