Representing PTs, PTAs, and Students
of Physical Therapy in Alaska

Payment Bundling for TKA, THA Focus of NPR Report Citing Lowered Usage of Nursing Facilities

May 1, 2015: A recent story from National Public Radio (NPR) tackles the concept of bundled payment by looking at how a Texas health system is handling hip and knee replacements—including how they are transitioning away from postoperative nursing home-based physical therapy and toward approaches conducted in the patient’s home.
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Payment Bundling for TKA, THA Focus of NPR Report Citing Lowered Usage of Nursing Facilities