Regulations:
Joint Replacement Spending Leads To Its Guinea Pig Status
Published on Thu Feb 25, 2016
HHAs won’t always be the right fit for CJR patients. Why is Medicare focusing its first mandatory hospital-post-acute bundling demonstration on lower extremity joint replacement? Just take a look at the stats. Absolute spending: “Hip and knee replacements are the most common inpatient surgery for Medicare beneficiaries and can require lengthy recovery and rehabilitation periods,” the Centers for Medicare & [...]