Improvement in Total Joint Replacement Quality Metrics: Year One Versus Year Three of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative

Conclusions:
Mid-term results from the implementation of Medicare BPCI Model 2 for primary total joint arthroplasty demonstrated decreased LOS, decreased discharges to inpatient facilities, decreased readmissions, and decreased cost of the episode of care in year 3 compared with year 1, resulting in increased value to all stakeholders involved in this initiative and suggesting that continued improvement over initial gains is possible.

Source: JBJS - December 6, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Dundon, J. M., Bosco, J., Slover, J., Yu, S., Sayeed, Y., Iorio, R. Tags: Hip, Knee Scientific Articles Source Type: research