Before an Incision Is Ever Made: Artificial Intelligence Accurately Predicts the Orthopaedic Episode of Care (Cleveland Clinic)
Building patient-specific payment models for joint replacement
In two recent studies, surgeons in Cleveland Clinic’s Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute developed and validated a machine-driven automated algorithm for predicting a given patient’s length of stay (LOS) and inpatient payment prior to total hip or knee arthroplasty. The algorithm provides a patient-specific payment model, with tiered reimbursement according to the anticipated ...
