ONE-BILL JOINT SURGERY GROWING (Orthopedics This Week)
Is the practice of charging one inclusive payment for surgical services, sometimes called “bundled payments,” the future of joint replacement surgery? Executives at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and the surgeons at Triangle Orthopaedic Associates (TOA) believe that it is.
Instead of billing separately for the surgeon, hospital, physical therapist, anesthesiologist and others, the two organizations, since 2012, have cooperated to provide for one-bill replacement surgery for knees. And on November 1, 2013, they began offe...
