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6. Proposing the scope of DRGs is new but beneficial. Each hospital will have a lot of say in terms of its scope and approach to bundled payments, such as which DRGs will be included in its bundled payments, Ms. Baggot says.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is attracted to bundled payment because it can be. implemented across a wider range of providers compared. with initiatives like the Medicare Shared Savings Program. (MSSP) in which organizations need a large base of primary. care physicians to participate.