Barriers to Revision Total Hip Service Lines: A Surgeon's Perspective Through a Deterministic Financial Model.

CONCLUSIONS: In a comparison of relative value units of a typical two-room primary THA service line versus those of a dedicated revision THA service line, we found that revision specialists may lose between 28% and 55% of their RVU earnings. The current Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reimbursement model is not viable for the arthroplasty surgeon and limits patient access to revision THA specialists.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, economic and decision analysis.
PMID: 32574471 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - June 25, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Feng JE, Anoushiravani AA, Schoof LH, Gabor JA, Padilla J, Slover J, Schwarzkopf R Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research