The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed bundling of payments for
acute care episodes for certain procedures, including total joint arthroplasty. The purpose of …

Study Design. Retrospective review of medical records. Objective. We reviewed all early
readmissions after elective spine surgery at a single orthopedic specialty hospital to analyze the …

Tranexamic acid (TXA) is used to reduce blood loss in orthopedic total joint arthroplasty (TJA).
This study evaluates the effectiveness of TXA in reducing transfusions and hospital cost in …

Previous studies have demonstrated no significant difference in overall functional outcomes
of patients discharged to a sub acute setting versus home with health services after total …

Favorable patient experience and low complication rates have been proposed as essential
components of patient-centered medical care. Patients’ perception of care is a key …

Study Design. Retrospective review of an administrative database. Objective. To observe
New York statewide trends in lumbar spine surgery and to compare utilization of fusion …

Reducing the cost of total joint implants can significantly reduce the cost of an episode of care
without affecting the quality. In 2011 we began a program to decrease and standardize the …

Background To quantify how baseline differences in patients undergoing hip arthroplasty for
fracture vs elective care potentially lead to significant differences in immediate health care …

The rate of unplanned 30-day readmissions to the hospital after discharge is being used as
a marker to compare the quality of care across hospitals and to set reimbursement levels for …

As the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implements value-based
reimbursement models based on predetermined outcome measures, access to total joint …