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

JAMA. 2018 Mar 6;319(9):930-932. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.0678.

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / economics*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / economics*
  • Cost Savings*
  • Economics, Hospital*
  • Humans
  • Medicare / economics*
  • Patient Care Bundles
  • Reimbursement Mechanisms*
  • United States