Aligning Cost and Care: Bundled Payments in Prostate Cancer Care

Guest: Ruchika Talwar, MD, MHHC

Host: Micheal Darson, MD

Tune in as Dr. Ruchika Talwar, urologic oncologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Medical Director in the Episode of Care Office, joins host, Dr. Micheal Darson, to unpack the role of bundled payments in prostate cancer care – streamlining care pathways, enhancing coordination, and maintaining high standards of clinical quality. What urologic providers need to know as bundled payment models become more widespread – and why they should take an active role in payment reform as some models begin to become mandatory.

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