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The health care legislation being considered by Congress seeks to reform Medicare and look for alternatives to the fee-for-service payment system, which critics say discourages care coordination and quality. American Medical News reports on one alternative called bundling, in which “doctors and hospitals are paid for all services to a patient in an episode of care for a particular condition. …

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