FARE Grant Finalists Announced

Apr 7, 2017 | Research

Finalists for the Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) grant have been selected. The winning recipient, whose high-caliber research project will receive the FARE grant, will be announced at the AAHKS Spring Meeting next month. The finalists are:...

Analysis of BPCI Shows No Increase in Volume

Feb 17, 2017 | Bundled Payments, Research

The Altarum Institute published a study last week stating that BPCI did not lead to a statistically significant rise in volume of total joint replacement procedures at participating hospitals. Referencing a recent BPCI study published in JAMA, the study’s authors...

Systematic Review of PRO after THA

Feb 3, 2017 | Research

A study published in Orthopedics evaluated the quality of patient satisfaction reporting after THA. Researchers looked at 755 studies in the MEDLINE database and concluded that “few studies have examined patient satisfaction after THA and that both the quality and the...

Study Shows TJA Cost Reduction

Jan 20, 2017 | Research

An observational study of Baptist Health System published in JAMA Internal Medicine, “Cost of Joint Replacement Using Bundled Payment Models,” found cost savings under the Medicare bundled payments program. Most of the hospital savings came from implants and supplies...
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