How Tennessee Transformed Medicaid within Managed Care
By Chris Kardish, Governing | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
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At the same time, the state is rolling out a simplified form of bundled payments for several high-volume or high-cost procedures, with plans to add more every three to six months. In a traditional bundled system, one provider handling most of a procedure -- say, an orthopedic surgeon performing a knee replacement -- might receive a lump sum and distribute it across suppliers and other providers involved with the episode of care. In
From Gordon's perspective, the efforts fortify what the state's
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