According to JAMA Health Forum, bundles of payment programs reduced episode costs while maintaining the quality of care for episodes of lower extremity joints replacement.
“This study offers evidence that site neutral lower extremity joint replacement can be effectively incorporated into a bundled payment program design to bring about additional program savings without apparently affecting quality of care,” Amanda Sutherland, PhD, senior research scientist at Humana, and colleagues wrote.
A retrospective cross-sectional study of 23,034 episodes
