Hospitals will now be held accountable for the quality of care they deliver to Medicare patients who have hip and knee replacements, under a new bundled payment initiative aimed to save the Medicare program $343 million over the next five years. The new model takes effect in April 2016. Hospital risk will ramp up after the first year when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services switches from pricing based on a hospital's prior clinical experience to a regional model by the final year. Read the full story at FierceHealthFinance