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. 2021 Jun 16;326(5):438-440.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.10046. Online ahead of print.

Association Between Hospital Voluntary Participation, Mandatory Participation, or Nonparticipation in Bundled Payments and Medicare Episodic Spending for Hip and Knee Replacements

Joshua M Liao  1 , Atul Gupta  2 , Yueming Zhao  3 , Jingsan Zhu  3 , Joseph Martinez  2 , Deborah S Cousins  3 , Amol S Navathe  3
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Association Between Hospital Voluntary Participation, Mandatory Participation, or Nonparticipation in Bundled Payments and Medicare Episodic Spending for Hip and Knee Replacements

Joshua M Liao et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study uses Medicare claims data to compare spending for hip and joint replacements among hospitals with voluntary vs mandatory participation vs nonparticipation in the Medicare Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program between 2011 and 2017.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Liao reported receiving personal fees from the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; receiving textbook royalties from Wolters Kluwer; and receiving honoraria from the Journal of Clinical Pathways and the American College of Physicians. Dr Navathe reported receiving grants from the Hawaii Medical Association, the Anthem Public Policy Institute, the Commonwealth Fund, Oscar Health, Cigna Corporation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Donaghue Foundation, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Ochsner Health System, United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Blue Shield of California, and Humana; receiving personal fees from Navvis Healthcare, Agathos Inc, Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Maine Health Accountable Care Organization, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Singapore National University Health System, Singapore Ministry of Health, Elsevier Press, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Cleveland Clinic, Analysis Group, VBID Health, Embedded Healthcare Equity, and Integrated Services Inc; and receiving personal fees and equity from Nava Health. No other disclosures were reported.

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