Matthew J Trombley1, Rayan Joneydi1, Louisa A Buatti2, Karen L Schneider3, Colleen M Kummet4, Ian Morrall3. 1. Division of Health and Environment, Abt Associates, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 2. Division of Health and Environment, Abt Associates, Rockville, Maryland, USA. 3. The Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, USA. 4. Federal Civilian Division, General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), West Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, a mandatory episode-based payment program for knee and hip replacement surgery, affected patient-reported measures of quality. DATA SOURCES: Surveys of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who had hip or knee replacement surgery, collected between July 2018 and March 2019, secondary Medicare administrative data, the Provider of Services file, CJR and Bundled Payments for Care Improvement participant lists from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Area Health Resource Files. STUDY DESIGN: In 2018, participation in the CJR model was mandatory for nearly all hospitals in 34 randomly selected, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that had high historical Medicare payments for lower-extremity joint replacements surgery. The control group included 47 high-payment MSAs randomly assigned as controls. We estimated risk-adjusted differences in self-reported measures of functional status and pain, satisfaction with care, and caregiver help between respondents in CJR hospitals and respondents in hospitals located in the control group. DATA COLLECTION: We selected a census of CJR patients and an equal number of control patients to survey. We fielded two waves of surveys using a mail and phone protocol, yielding 8433 CJR and 9014 control respondents. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: CJR respondents were slightly more likely to depend on caregivers for certain activities of daily living when they got home (either directly from the hospital or after an institutional post-acute care stay). On a 100-point scale, differences ranged from -2.6 points (p < 0.01) for help needed bathing to -1.7 points (p < 0.05) for help needed using the toilet. However, differences in eight measures of self-reported functional status approximately 90-120 days after hospital discharge were not statistically significant, ranging from -1.1% (p = 0.087) to 0.7% (p = 0.437). CONCLUSIONS: CJR did not harm patient health or affect patient satisfaction on average but did increase reliance on caregivers during recovery.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, a mandatory episode-based payment program for knee and hip replacement surgery, affected patient-reported measures of quality. DATA SOURCES: Surveys of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who had hip or knee replacement surgery, collected between July 2018 and March 2019, secondary Medicare administrative data, the Provider of Services file, CJR and Bundled Payments for Care Improvement participant lists from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Area Health Resource Files. STUDY DESIGN: In 2018, participation in the CJR model was mandatory for nearly all hospitals in 34 randomly selected, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that had high historical Medicare payments for lower-extremity joint replacements surgery. The control group included 47 high-payment MSAs randomly assigned as controls. We estimated risk-adjusted differences in self-reported measures of functional status and pain, satisfaction with care, and caregiver help between respondents in CJR hospitals and respondents in hospitals located in the control group. DATA COLLECTION: We selected a census of CJR patients and an equal number of control patients to survey. We fielded two waves of surveys using a mail and phone protocol, yielding 8433 CJR and 9014 control respondents. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: CJR respondents were slightly more likely to depend on caregivers for certain activities of daily living when they got home (either directly from the hospital or after an institutional post-acute care stay). On a 100-point scale, differences ranged from -2.6 points (p < 0.01) for help needed bathing to -1.7 points (p < 0.05) for help needed using the toilet. However, differences in eight measures of self-reported functional status approximately 90-120 days after hospital discharge were not statistically significant, ranging from -1.1% (p = 0.087) to 0.7% (p = 0.437). CONCLUSIONS: CJR did not harm patient health or affect patient satisfaction on average but did increase reliance on caregivers during recovery.
Keywords:
health policy/politics/law/regulation; incentives in health care; medicare; patient assessment/satisfaction; patient outcomes/functional status/ADLs/IADLs; quality of care/patient safety (measurement)
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