The minimum requirements for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are significant, prolonged
symptoms with supporting clinical and radiological signs. Despite interest in screening tools …

Background Value-based and patient-specific care represent 2 critical areas of focus that
have yet to be fully reconciled by today's bundled care model. Using a predictive naïve …

Policy Points Evidence suggests that bundled payment contracting can slow the growth of
payer costs relative to fee‐for‐service contracting, although bundled payment models may …

Background A quarter of the population present at least once a year with a musculoskeletal
disorder. Primary hip osteoarthritis is a high-volume condition with significant clinical need …

Abstract» The US Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act or
“Obamacare”) represents a comprehensive initiative to improve health insurance coverage …

Study Design. Secondary analysis of a large administrative database. Objective. The
objectives of this study are to: 1) identify the incidence and cause of 90-day readmissions …

Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is well established as a clinically successful and
cost-effective procedure. The transition of the US healthcare system from a fee-for-service …

Background An adequate characterization of 90-day readmissions after primary reverse total
shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) on a national level remains to be undertaken. As bundled …

This study determined the predictive capabilities of pain intensity and disability on health
care utilization (number of condition-specific health care visits, incident, and chronic opioid …

Background Private hospital rooms have a number of potential advantages compared to
shared rooms, including reduced noise and increased control over the hospital environment …