Berwick, Orszag To CMS: Launch Mandatory Pay Bundles Before Obama Exits

Several health and financial experts, including former administration officials Don Berwick and Perter Orszag, are asking CMS to initiate several more mandatory bundled pay demonstrations before the administration leaves office, and suggest that cardiac procedures are promising candidates for bundled pay. CMS implemented its first mandatory bundled pay program , the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, earlier this year, and the experts including the University of Pennsylvania's Ezekiel Emanuel and the Center for American Progress' Neera Tanden and Topher...