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ReviewCurrent reviews in musculoskeletal medicine2017

Bundled Payments in Total Joint Replacement: Keeping Our Care Affordable and High in Quality.

Alexander S McLawhorn, Leonard T Buller

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Review in Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Characterizing Comorbidities in Total Joint Arthroplasty in a Safety-Net Hospital Using Age-Adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2026
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  3. Emergency Department Visits After Total Joint Arthroplasty in a Closed Urban Setting: A Report of 1,000 Consecutive Cases.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025
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  6. Projected volume of primary total joint arthroplasty in the USA from 2019 to 2060.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024
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  9. VNS Health and HSS Partner to Reduce Length of Stay After Total Joint Arthroplasty: Implications for Home Care Providers.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2024
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  20. Defining the minimal clinically important difference for the knee society score following revision total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alexander S McLawhornAdult Reconstruction & Joint Replacement, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA. McLawhornA@HSS.edu.
Leonard T BullerDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review was to evaluate the literature regarding bundle payment reimbursement models for total joint arthroplasty (TJA). RECENT

findingsFrom an economic standpoint, TJA are cost-effective, but they represent a substantial expense to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Historically, fee-for-service payment models resulted in highly variable cost and quality. CMS introduced Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) in 2012 and subsequently the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) reimbursement model in 2016 to improve the value of TJA from the perspectives of both CMS and patients, by improving quality via cost control. Early results of bundled payments are promising, but preserving access to care for patients with high comorbidity burdens and those requiring more complex care is a lingering concern. Hospitals, regardless of current participation in bundled payments, should develop care pathways for TJA to maximize efficiency and patient safety.

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Alternative payment modelsBundled payment modelsMedicareTotal hip arthroplastyTotal knee arthroplasty

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PMID28741101
PMCPMC5577424

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