The authors reviewed data from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 45 physician-owned and 2,657 non-physician-owned hospitals that each performed 11 or more primary TKA and THA procedures during 2014. They found that physician-owned hospitals received lower mean Medicare payments compared to non-physician-owned hospitals for THA and TKA procedures, with no significant difference in 30-day readmission scores, and physician-owned hospitals had lower mean risk-adjusted complication scores. In addition, physician-owned hospitals outperformed non-physician-owned hospitals in all patient-satisfaction categories, including mean linear scores for recommending the hospital and overall hospital rating. Learn more...
