NEW ORLEANS — Results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting showed that surgeon reimbursement for basic arthroscopy procedures was greater with healthier patients.
Jack M. Haglin MD, and his co-workers identified over 24,000 patients who had undergone either arthroscopic meniscal or rotator cuff repairs.
“We also took the mean hierarchical condition category, or HCC, risk score, which is in the database for all patients,” Haglin said. “Essentially, it’s a
