Characteristics of Hospitals Earning Savings in the First Year of Mandatory Bundled Payment for Hip and Knee Surgery.

Navathe, Amol S; Liao, Joshua M; Shah, Yash; Lyon, Zoe; Chatterjee, Paula; Polsky, Dan; Emanuel, Ezekiel J · JAMA · 2018

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

This study uses Medicare data to compare the characteristics of hospitals that did vs did not realize episodes savings under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program, which bundled payments for hip and knee surgery and paid bonuses to hospitals that exceeded quality and cost benchmarks.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy