Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 43-49 , January 2010

Bundled Payments: Bundled Risk or Bundled Reward?

  • Joseph R. Steele, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author and reprints: Joseph R. Steele, MD, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Interventional Radiology, Unit 325, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009
  • ,
  • James D. Reilly

      Affiliations

    • TRG Health Care Solutions, Denver, Colorado

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PII: S1546-1440(09)00419-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.08.012

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 43-49 , January 2010