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Payment Bundling

A mechanism of provider payment where providers or hospitals receive a single payment for all of the care provided for an episode of illness, rather than per service. Total care provided for an episode of illness may include both acute and post-acute care.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

The 2010 health care reform law, also referred to as the Affordable Care Act, the ACA, and Obamacare.