VIDEO: Future of alternative payment models may involve orthopedists through care episode
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Key takeaways:
- The AAOS is advocating for a change in the way physicians interact with alternative payment models.
- The future of alternative payment models could feature orthopedists through the entire episode of care.
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons has issued comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation advocating for physician involvement in the design and implementation of alternative payment models.
According to a press release, AAOS is asking CMS to consider the impact that interoperability, multi-payer alignment and administrative burden have on the ability of physicians to participate in alternative payment models.
In this video, Adam J. Bruggeman, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, spoke about the future of alternative payment models and how it could feature medical specialists, specifically orthopedic surgeons, through the entire episode of care.
“Condition-based bundles would be like a population being sent to you to take care of something like knee pain [or] back pain, as opposed to knee arthritis that needs a total knee replacement,” he said. “We know that orthopedic surgeons, having the training that they have, are in the most unique position to be able to decide the best treatment all the way from when [the patient] originally arrives with knee pain to when they potentially need a surgical treatment,” Bruggeman added.
“What we’ve requested at this point is perhaps a change in how orthopedic surgeons interact with alternative payment models,” Bruggeman said. “Ultimately, this will require multidisciplinary teams and a significant change to the way we practice medicine,” he said.
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