Implementation of the New Medicare-Mandated Patient Reported Outcomes After Joint Arthroplasty Performance Measure

A new mandatory hospital-level, risk-standardized performance measure for elective total hip (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) based on patient-reported outcomes (THA/TKA PRO-PM) has been implemented by Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS). All THA and TKA in Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries at inpatient facilities are included. The THA/TKA PRO-PM is the proportion of risk-standardized THA or TKA patients meeting or exceeding the substantial clinic benefit (SCB) threshold between preoperative and postoperative outcomes measures (HOOS JR, KOOS JR).
Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Commentary Source Type: research