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COVID-19 Need to Know

A Primer on Coding and Documentation for Telemedicine

May 18, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Under the best of circumstances, coding and documenting medical visits and procedures for Medicare and private payers can be a headache. Now, with the pandemic-related

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Editor's Choice Hip Knee

So Far, Bundled Payments Not Affecting Patient Selection for Joint Replacement

February 21, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

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

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Hip Need to Know Trauma

Bundled Payments: Patient-Specific Care Calls for Patient-Specific Reimbursements

February 22, 2018 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

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

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Practice Trends & Tips

JBJS/AOA Webinar–Implementing Medicare’s Quality-Incentive Programs

July 13, 2017 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Are you confused and frustrated by Medicare’s Quality-Incentive Programs, such as the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) program,

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Guest Post Practice Trends & Tips

9 Tips to Excel with MIPS

June 6, 2017October 20, 2021 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Jason Weisstein, MD, MPH, FACS. MIPS—the Merit-based Incentive Payment System—is still a mystery to many

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Hip Knee Need to Know Practice Trends & Tips

Guest Post: Cautious Early Optimism about Medicare’s Bundled Payment Programs

October 13, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

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

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Need to Know

Insight into Bundled Payments for Orthopaedics

June 13, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

“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

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Editor's Choice

JBJS Editor’s Choice—Aggressive Treatment for Upper C-spine Fractures

March 17, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The March 16, 2016 JBJS includes a careful incidence, treatment, and outcome analysis by Pearson et al. of CMS data regarding C2 cervical-spine fractures that

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Practice Trends & Tips

Guest Post: Get Ready for Medicare’s CJR Model

March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This “guest post” comes from Richard S. Yoon, MD and Alexander McLawhorn, MD, MBA. Starting on April 1,

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Practice Trends & Tips

Whither Meaningful Use?

January 28, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Meaningful use (MU) Stage 2 and 3 requirements have been a bane of existence for many physician practices, so a collective sigh of relief was

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