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Drivers of Payment Variation in 90-Day Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Episodes
Author(s) -
Vinay Guduguntla,
John Syrjamaki,
Chad Ellimoottil,
David C. Miller,
Richard L. Prager,
Edward C. Norton,
Patricia F. Theurer,
Donald S. Likosky,
James M. Dupree
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2881
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , bypass grafting , payment , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , artery , coronary artery bypass surgery , cohort , finance , confidence interval , business
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is scheduled to become a mandatory Medicare bundled payment program in January 2018. A contemporary understanding of 90-day CABG episode payments and their drivers is necessary to inform health policy, hospital strategy, and clinical quality improvement activities. Furthermore, insight into current CABG payments and their variation is important for understanding the potential effects of bundled payment models in cardiac care.

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