Assignment:
The attached article was published on September 18, 2018 in the physical edition of the New York Times and electronically on September 17th. The article discusses how Medicare reimburses for services, specifically talking about fee-for-service and bundled payments. Based on your reading of this article and your understanding of these two reimbursement mechanisms, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each mechanism. Based on your overall assessment of both mechanisms, which is the more appropriate and why?