AHA calls knee and hip bundling rule positive
Case Management Insider, December 15, 2015
While CMS’ new payment rule bundling hip and knee replacement surgeries may have sparked some questions from our readers, it’s gotten the thumbs up from the American Hospital Association (AHA).
The rule takes “several positive steps to provide the support hospitals need to be successful,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in a written statement.
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