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Orthopaedic Surgeon Could Be Next HHS Secretary

November 29, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

According to Medscape (registration required) and other media reports, President-Elect Donald Trump has tapped Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-GA) to be the next secretary of

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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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Knee Need to Know Spine

Could Bundled Payments Work with Cervical Fusion?

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

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

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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

CMS Delays Start of Joint-Replacement Bundled Payments til April 1, 2016

November 20, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulating “episode-of-care” Medicare payments to hospitals for hip and knee replacements includes a

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Editor's Choice

JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Spine Surgery in an Ambulatory Setting

May 26, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Improvements in surgical procedures continue to evolve at a brisk pace. It seems that, every year, incisions become smaller and operations, more streamlined. Certain operations

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Practice Trends & Tips

Medicare to “Unbundle” Postoperative Care by 2018

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

During a well-attended symposium on bundled payment initiatives for joint replacement at the 2015 AAOS Annual Meeting, speakers shared enlightening pearls and pitfalls related to

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Practice Trends & Tips

SGR, RIP

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

On April 14, 2015 the Senate voted 92-to-8 to approve legislation previously passed by the House that puts an end to the SGR-based physician payment

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Practice Trends & Tips Surgeon Edition

Senate Recesses Before Voting on SGR Repeal

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Despite an overwhelming 392-to-37 vote in the House to scrap the SGR formula for physician Medicare payments, the Senate adjourned for a two-week recess without

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