The cost of medical care in the United States has been shown to rise with advancing patient age, and total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is a
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The rise in health-care costs has contributed to the push for value-based health-care (VBHC) reform. A recent JBJS-AOA Critical Issues article by Lin et al.
Many people predicted that the mandatory “bundling” of payments for knee and hip arthroplasty by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that began
Wide variability in the cost and quality of health care in the US has led some to describe our system as “uniquely inefficient.” Consequently, we
When Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) program was implemented in 2016, the health care community—especially orthopaedic surgeons— had 2 major concerns. First, would
It has been said that outcomes of total joint arthroplasty are 90% related to surgeon factors (such as prosthetic alignment and fit and soft-tissue management),
The bundled-payment model has found some early success within the field of orthopaedic surgery, most notably in joint replacement (see related OrthoBuzz post), However, more
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Richard Yoon, MD. In a recent issue of JAMA, Dummit et al. analyzed cost
The answer to that question depends largely on how much the 90-day episode of care actually costs. Virk et al., in the August 17, 2016
“Alternative payment models are here to stay,” according to an AOA Critical Issues article by Greenwald et al. in the June 1, 2016 issue of