Reconsidering the Affordable Care Act's Restrictions on Physician-Owned Hospitals Analysis of CMS Data on Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

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Courtney, P. Maxwell [1 ,2 ]
Darrith, Brian [1 ,3 ]
Bohl, Daniel D. [1 ,3 ]
Frisch, Nicholas B. [1 ,3 ]
Della Valle, Craig J. [1 ,3 ]
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[1] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
[2] Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp, Rothman Inst, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
[3] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Chicago, IL 60612 USA
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AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS; HEALTH-CARE; SPECIALTY; FACILITIES; OWNERSHIP;
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10.2106/JBJS.17.00203
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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Background: Concerns about financial incentives and increased costs prompted legislation limiting the expansion of physician-owned hospitals in 2010. Supporters of physician-owned hospitals argue that they improve the value of care by improving quality and reducing costs. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether physician-owned and non-physician-owned hospitals differ in terms of costs, outcomes, and patient satisfaction in the setting of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods: With use of the U. S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Inpatient Charge Data, we identified 45 physician-owned and 2,657 non-physician-owned hospitals that performed >= 11 primary TKA and THA procedures in 2014. Cost data, patient-satisfaction scores, and risk-adjusted complication and 30-day readmission scores for knee and hip arthroplasty patients were obtained from the multiyear CMS Hospital Compare database. Results: Physician-owned hospitals received lower mean Medicare payments than did non-physician-owned hospitals for THA and TKA procedures ($ 11,106 compared with $ 12,699; p = 0.002). While the 30-day readmission score did not differ significantly between the 2 types of hospitals (4.48 compared with 4.62 for physician-owned and non-physician-owned, respectively; p = 0.104), physician-owned hospitals had a lower risk-adjusted complication score (2.83 compared with 3.04; p = 0.015). Physician-owned hospitals outperformed non-physician-owned hospitals in all patient-satisfaction categories, including mean linear scores for recommending the hospital (93.9 compared with 87.9; p < 0.001) and overall hospital rating (93.4 compared with 88.4; p < 0.001). When controlling for hospital demographic variables, status as a non-physician-owned hospital was an independent risk factor for being in the upper quartile of all inpatient payments for Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) 470 (odds ratio, 3.317; 95% confidence interval, 1.174 to 9.371; p = 0.024), which may be because of a difference in CMS payment methodology. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that physician-owned hospitals are associated with lower mean Medicare costs, fewer complications, and higher patient satisfaction following THA and TKA than non-physician-owned hospitals. Policymakers should consider these data when debating the current moratorium on physician-owned hospital expansion.
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