Impact of Functional Recovery on Patients Having Heart Surgery
This article describes the positive impact that actively managing functional recovery has on postacute placement for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.
Managing Total Knee Replacement Under Value-Based Payments
This article describes the approach that a large primary care group at risk for value-based payments chose to deploy in managing clinical and financial outcomes of knee osteoarthritis jointly with orthopedic surgeons.
'All-or-None' (Bundled) Process and Outcome Indicators of Diabetes Care
In this study, providers were more likely to achieve processes-ofcare goals when diabetes care was bundled at the indicator level than at the patient level.