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Medicare Bundled Payment Pilot Program

A program in which care providers are paid based on expected courses of treatment. This differs from fee-for-services systems in that payments are made based on standard care practices, and, in doing so, is designed to reduce unnecessary treatment procedures.

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Commonly used shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 2010 health care reform law signed by President Obama; often referred to as…