Bundled Payments

Mathematica’s new review of Medicare joint replacement episodes reinforces that bundled payment designs can reduce spending while preserving quality, keeping CJR-style orthopedic bundles relevant for CMS/CMMI strategy under the Trump administration’s current leadership (Mathematica). Adjacent market activity—SCAN Health Plan’s Walmart partnership around Medicare Advantage—signals continued payer-retail experimentation in senior care access and benefit design, but the last 24 hours brought limited directly actionable bundled-payment policy news beyond evidence-building and MA network/channel positioning (Modern Healthcare).