Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD

In this analysis of more than 97 million commercially insured individuals, investigators found that the COVID-19 pandemic induced a spending shock in 2020 and that health care spending did not recover to baseline until mid-2021.

This study demonstrates that variation reduction is an important, but not requisite, component of organizational success under orthopedic bundled payment.

Allowing the appropriateness of services to play a more meaningful role in the design of physician and patient incentives may improve the value of care.

This article details strategies based on principles from psychology and economics that health systems may use to align with physicians.

The American healthcare system is finally moving away from fee-for-service toward bundled payments, but this transition will only be successful if we shift risk to the physicians.