#10 Elimination of IPO and Shift to Outpatient Setting
AAOS Advocacy Podcast
English - September 29, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutes - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsGovernment Health & Fitness Medicine aaos advocacy bonebeat healthcare healthpolicy musculoskeletal orthopaedic orthopedic surgeon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
AAOS physician leaders discuss Medicare’s proposal to eliminate the inpatient-only list (IPO) beginning with 266 musculoskeletal procedures. They recount the unresolved challenges with only recently removing several procedures from the list, and the critical opportunity for orthopaedic surgeons to lead the decision-making process with patients and safely shift care to the outpatient setting.
Host: Kristen Coultas, AAOS Advocacy Communications Director
AAOS physician leaders discuss Medicare’s proposal to eliminate the inpatient-only list (IPO) beginning with 266 musculoskeletal procedures. They recount the unresolved challenges with only recently removing several procedures from the list, and the critical opportunity for orthopaedic surgeons to lead the decision-making process with patients and safely shift care to the outpatient setting.
Host: Kristen Coultas, AAOS Advocacy Communications Director