Los Angeles Times/Dallas Morning News: Some elite California hospitals will begin "bundling" their fees for joint replacement surgeries into a single lump sum in an attempt to rethink the current pricing system that leaves "hospitals and doctors charging separately for their services," driving "up costs while leaving no one to coordinate decisions about patient care." Experts will watch the experiment and others like it that are already in action in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma for a glimpse into the future of health care payments...
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