Healthcare Analytics News: In Texas Health System, Bundled Payments Saved More Than $5K per Joint Replacement

“…The models were voluntary, and the study’s lead author, University of Pennsylvania’s Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, told Healthcare Analytics News in a previous interview that urban hospitals (like BHS) are most inclined to join them. The success in this 1 system, however, could serve other hospitals considering participation. ‘This study can help guide other organizations in care redesign,’ Navathe and his colleagues wrote. ‘If such approaches are successfully implemented on a broad scale with similar results, the magnitude of savings that could accrue to Medicare—and possibly private payers—would be substantial.'” Read more at Healthcare Analytics News.