Utilization and Costs of Postoperative Physical Therapy After Rotator Cuff Repair: A Comparison of Privately Insured and Medicare Patients

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Arshi, Armin [1 ]
Kabir, Nima [1 ]
Cohen, Jeremiah R. [1 ]
Lord, Elizabeth L. [1 ]
Wang, Jeffrey C. [2 ]
McAllister, David R. [1 ]
Petrigliano, Frank A. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Univ So Calif, Keck Sch Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
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INFECTIONS REQUIRING REOPERATION; MINI-OPEN; REHABILITATION; TRENDS; TEARS; SURGERY; CARE; INSURANCE; OUTCOMES; IMPACT;
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10.1016/j.arthro.2015.06.018
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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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Purpose: To evaluate the utilization and charges related to physical therapy (PT) after rotator cuff repair in privately insured and Medicare patients and between arthroscopic and open/mini-open repair techniques. Methods: The PearlDiver insurance database was queried for patients receiving postoperative PT using Current Procedural Terminology codes. Data were available from 2007 to 2011 for United Healthcare and from 2005 to 2011 for Medicare patients. Patients undergoing arthroscopic (CPT 29827) or open/mini-open approaches (CPT 23410, 23412, 23420) were identified in both populations. Utilization was determined by both the percentage of patients with at least one postoperative PT-related code and the average number of encounters per patient. Per-patient average charge was determined by dividing total charges within the billing period by the patient total. Results: A total of 365,891 patients undergoing rotator cuff repair were identified. There was an increase in the number of arthroscopic repairs (+29.1%, P = .027, United Healthcare; +78.9%, P < .001, Medicare) and a decrease in the number of open/mini-open repairs (-18.2%, P = .038, UnitedHealthcare; -18.2%, P < .001, Medicare) across the study period. At 6-months postoperatively, PT utilization was greater in the United Healthcare groups (82.9% arthroscopic, 81.0% open/mini-open) than in the Medicare groups (41.8% arthroscopic, 43.2% open/miniopen). Utilization-weighted per-patient average chargewas comparable among all 4 groups, with slightly higher charges in the United Healthcare groups ($3,376 arthroscopic, $3,251 open/mini-open) compared with the Medicare groups ($2,940 arthroscopic, $2,807 open/mini-open). The United Healthcare groups had a greater number of utilization-weighted billed encounters (36.1 for open/mini-open, 9.5 for arthroscopic) than their Medicare counterparts (12.8 open/mini-open, 16.7 arthroscopic). Conclusions: Utilization of PT after rotator cuff repair is substantially higher in privately insured than in Medicare patients. Utilization rates appear to be comparable between surgical approaches. Per-patient costs were comparable irrespective of surgical approach and insurance modality.
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