Carolinas HealthCare System now is offering bundled payments for certain heart patients and their employers, in an attempt cut cardiac care costs, reported the Charlotte Business Journal. Under the bundled payment arrangement, the Charlotte, N.C.-based health system will negotiate a flat fee for angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery. The new payment has been gaining popularity among other major health systems, including the Cleveland Clinic, who is in talks with defense contractor Boeing about performing heart surgeries on Boeing employees for a bundled payment. Article