Bundled Payments for Elective Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Bundled payments have been proposed as a mechanism for restraining health care spending for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), but empirical data are limited. We used Medicare data to examine variation in payments for TKA during a window extending 30 days before to 90 days after TKA for 167 186 patients...

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Main Authors: Peter Cram MD, MBA, Xin Lu MS, Yue Li PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-03-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458514559832