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Hospital-Level, Risk-Standardized Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Elective Primary Total Hip and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (THA/TKA)

CBE ID
3559
1.4 Project
Patient Experience and Function
Endorsement Status
Endorsed
1.1 New or Maintenance
Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Spring 2020
Is Under Review
No
Next Maintenance Cycle
Fall 2025
1.3 Measure Description

This patient-reported outcome-based performance measure will estimate a hospital-level, risk-standardized improvement rate (RSIR) following elective primary THA/TKA for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients 65 years of age and older. Improvement will be calculated with patient-reported outcome data collected prior to and following the elective procedure. The preoperative data collection timeframe will be 90 to 0 days before surgery and the postoperative data collection timeframe will be 270 to 365 days following surgery.

    • 1.14 Numerator

      The numerator is the risk-standardized proportion of patients undergoing an elective primary THA or TKA who meet or exceed an a priori, patient-defined substantial clinical benefit (SCB) threshold of improvement between preoperative and postoperative assessments on joint-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) surveys. SCB improvement is defined as follows:
      - For THA patients, an increase of 22 points or more on the Hip dysfunction and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (HOOS, JR); and
      - For TKA patients, an increase of 20 points or more on the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (KOOS, JR).

      SCB thresholds were defined using published literature (Lyman and Lee, 2018) and vetted by our Patient Working Group, Technical Expert Panel (TEP) and Technical Advisory Group.

      References:

      Lyman S and Lee YY. (2018). What are the minimal and substantial improvements in the HOOS and KOOS and JR versions after total joint replacement? Clin Orthop Relat Res, 467(12):2432-2441.

    • 1.15 Denominator

      The cohort (target population) includes, Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients 65 years of age and older undergoing elective primary THA/TKA procedures, excluding patients with hip fractures, pelvic fractures and revision THAs/TKAs.

    • Exclusions

      Patients with staged procedures, defined as more than one elective primary THA or TKA performed on the same patient during distinct hospitalizations during the measurement period, are excluded. All THA/TKA procedures for patients with staged procedures during the measurement period are removed.

    • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Endorsed Patient Experience and Function Spring Cycle 2020
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
    • Steward
      Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
      Steward Organization POC Email
      [email protected]