Becker's Healthcare August 31, 2022
Over the past 5 years, there has been a lot of discussion about “outpatient joint replacement.”
With all the emphasis on value-based care, joint replacement has been targeted as an opportunity to reduce cost by movement from inpatient to outpatient admissions, resulting in a reduction in skilled nursing admissions and decreased home health utilization. The BPCI program led the way and continues to be successful in some markets. Many research articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals citing the cost savings and the improvement in outcomes. However, there still seems to be some hesitancy for migration to the ambulatory surgery center. In 2016, the SG2 forecast was for 32% of joint replacements to be done in the ASC by 2022....
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