Elective Primary Hip Arthroplasty Measure

The Elective Primary Hip Arthroplasty episode-based cost measure evaluates a clinician’s risk-adjusted cost to Medicare for patients who receive an elective primary hip arthroplasty during the performance period. The measure score is a clinician’s risk-adjusted cost for the episode group averaged across all episodes attributed to the clinician. This procedural measure includes costs of services that are clinically related to the attributed clinician’s role in managing care during each episode from the 30 days prior to the clinical event that opens or “triggers” the episode, through 90 days after the trigger. Patient populations eligible for the Elective Primary Hip Arthroplasty measure include Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B.