Economic Impact of Outpatient Medicare Total Knee Arthroplasty at a Tertiary Care Academic Medical Center

摘要

Background: In January 2018, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) removed total knee arthroplasty (TKA) from the inpatient-only list. This impacted hospital reimbursement, Comprehensive Joint Replacement (CJR) bundle volumes, and bundle performance. We describe these impacts at an academic teaching hospital.