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in bundled payments, because they often pay less than they would under the
fee-for-service model and offload the financial risk to the patient care team.
We'll soon have a bundled payment with every commercial payer we do busi-
ness with. In fact, they're now reaching out to us to set up bundles.
Success with bundled payments demands a standardized care plan. That way
everyone is on the same page and patients are cared for the same way in pre-op,
intraoperatively, in recovery and after discharge. The standardized approach
reduces the variability that increases surgical risk, which jeopardizes the maxi-
mum benefits of the bundle.
At the end of the day, the same surgeons are performing the same proce-
dures with the same implants at the same facilities. So why do patients
achieve better outcomes under the bundled payment system? Because we're
invested in doing a better job of caring for them, all while saving a significant
amount of money.
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Mr. Raspa (rraspa@wearetrans-formant.com) is director of physician assistant servic-
es and value-based programs at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, N.C.
