Statewide Prehabilitation Program and Episode Payment in Medicare Beneficiaries

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Surgeons Vol. 230; no. 3; pp. 306 - 313.e6
• Main Authors: Mouch, Charles A., Kenney, Brooke C., Lorch, Shawna, Montgomery, John R., Gonzalez-Walker, Monica, Bishop, Kathy, Palazzolo, William C., Sullivan, June A., Wang, Stewart C., Englesbe, Michael J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2020

Prehabilitation has been shown to improve postoperative outcomes in a variety of patient populations undergoing major operations. The feasibility, generalizability, and value of broad implementation of prehabilitation outside the research environment are unknown. Medicare claims data from 2014 to 20...