The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has promoted bundled payment
programs nationwide as one of its flagship value-based payment reforms. Under bundled …

Background Standardisation of outcome measures is integral to value-based healthcare
(VBHC), which may conflict with patient-centred care, focusing on personalisation …

Background Interest in outpatient total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty
(TKA) has increased recently as part of value-based care and early recovery protocols …

The concept of identifying and treating patients' comorbidities before surgery initially
appeared in research on cardiothoracic surgery, with a focus on reducing risk factors that …

Objective To understand whether the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR)
program induces participating hospitals to (1) preferentially select lower risk patients,(2) …

Background: Post-acute care remains a target for episode-of-care cost reduction following
total hip arthroplasty (THA). The introduction of bundled payment models in the United …

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative established four models to
test whether linking payments for an episode of care could reduce Medicare payments while …

Background Substantial work in the preoperative phase of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and
total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is unaccounted for in current Relative Value Scale Update …

Background Our institution participated in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement
(CJR) model from 2016 to 2020. Here we review lessons learned from a total joint …

Objective Physical inactivity is the fourth-leading cause of global mortality and is prevalent
among people with lower extremity osteoarthritis. Lower extremity osteoarthritis is the most …