Evaluation of Hospital Compliance With Federal Price Transparency Regulations and Variability of Negotiated Rates for Spinal Fusion

TZ Issa, Y Lee, AS Mazmudar… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods: We reviewed the top 100 orthopaedic hospitals ranked by US News & World
Report to assess compliance with CMS price transparency regulations for all spine …

Understanding surprise Out-of-Network billing in hand and upper extremity care

C Long, BH Cho, AM Giladi - The Journal of Hand Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Surprise billing occurs when insured patients receive unexpected out-of-network charges
and fees even when the emergency department, facility, or primary physician who provided …

Mark-up trends in contemporary Medicare primary and revision total joint arthroplasty

AA Rizk, AG Kim, Z Bernhard, A Moyal, AJ Acuña… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Understanding mark-up ratios (MRs), the ratio between a healthcare
institution's submitted charge and the Medicare payment received, for high-volume …

Exploring patient perspectives on telemedicine monitoring within the operating room

J Abraham, A Meng, KJ Holzer, L Brawer… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Clinical decision support systems and telemedicine for remote monitoring can
together support clinicians' intraoperative decision-making and management of surgical …

[HTML][HTML] The majority of complaints about orthopedic sports surgeons on Yelp are nonclinical

JR Pollock, JR Arthur, JF Smith, T Mujahed… - … , Sports Medicine, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine and characterize extremely negative Yelp reviews of orthopedic sports
surgeons in the United States. Methods A search for reviews was performed using the …

An Employer-Provider Direct Payment Program Is Associated With Lower Episode Costs: Study examines impact on episode cost and patient cost sharing of a …

CM Whaley, C Dankert, M Richards, D Bravata - Health Affairs, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
Bundled payment has shown promise in reducing medical spending while maintaining
quality. However, its impact among commercially insured populations has not been well …

Financial viability of the No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution process: radiology and other hospital-based specialties

EW Christensen, MD Waid, JA Hirsch… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
BACKGROUND. The federal No Surprises Act (NSA), designed to eliminate surprise
medical billing for out-of-network (OON) care for circumstances beyond patients' control …

Surprise Billing in Elective Shoulder Surgery and Its Effect on Patient Satisfaction

JAS McCahon, JC Lynch, T Radack, LS Austin - Orthopedics, 2024 - journals.healio.com
Patients often receive multiple bills following surgery, which may come as a surprise to them
if they are not appropriately informed or educated prior to surgery. The purpose of this study …

Out-of-network billing in privately insured patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery

KY Wang, KV Suresh, A Harris… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Out-of-network charges during hospital care can result in unexpected or
surprise bills for the patient. The aim of this study was to ascertain the frequency of out-of …

Not the last word: surprise medical bills are hardly charitable

J Bernstein - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Not the Last Word: Surprise Medical Bills are Hardly Charita... : Clinical Orthopaedics and Related
Research® Not the Last Word: Surprise Medical Bills are Hardly Charitable : Clinical …