Volume matters – results in lower readmission, lower mortality, lower reimbursement, & higher value

Higher Volume Surgeons Have Lower Medicare Payments, Readmissions, and Mortality After THA (Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research)
Background The advent of value-based care, in which surgeons and hospitals accept more responsibility for clinical and financial results, has increased the focus on surgeon- and hospital-specific outcomes. However, methods to identify high-quality, low-cost surgeons are not well developed.
Questions/purposes (1) Is there an association between surgeon THA volume and 90-day Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Pa...