UNBUNDLED

Abstract

Despite movement in the United States toward cost-saving bundled payments to physicians, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule for the 2 015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that unbundles 10- and 90-day global payments, and that allows only zero-day payment for surgical services. This month, “The AJT Report” talks to transplant surgeons about what the new paymen t provisions mean for their practices. Also in this issue, we take a look at China's recent announcement that it has ceased the use of organs from executed prisoners effective this year, a policy met with both support and skepticism from the transplant community.