Outpatient physical therapy bundled payment models are feasible for total hip arthroplasty patients: an evaluation of utilization, cost and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various episode-of-care bundled payment models for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty have been implemented. However, participation in bundled payment programs has dropped given the challenges of meeting continually lower target prices. The purpose of our study is to investigate the cost of outpatient physical therapy (PT) and the potential for stand-alone outpatient PT bundled payments for patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Methods

A retrospective review of 501 patients who underwent primary unilateral THA from November 2017 to February 2020 was performed. All patients included in this study received postoperative PT care at a single hospital-affiliated PT practice. Patients above the 75th percentile of therapy visits were then classified

SUBMITTER: Stock LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176925 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature