Table 3.

Predicted Payment ($) per Episode by Pandemic Time and Medicare Coverage Type

	Unadjusted	Adjusted		Difference (95% CI)
	All	TM	MA
Stroke
Pre-pandemic	25,123	26,200	25,839	−361 (−573 to −149)
Mar–May 2020	26,182	27,727	27,075	−651 (−1143 to −159)
Jun–Aug 2020	26,146	27,569	27,072	−497 (−921 to −73)
Sep–Dec 2020	26,844	26,998	26,804	−194 (−721 to 333)
Fracture
Pre-pandemic	22,321	22,609	22,172	−436 (−738 to −135)
Mar–May 2020	23,190	23,906	23,456	−450 (−925 to 25)
Jun–Aug 2020	23,007	23,733	23,153	−580 (−1070 to −91)
Sep–Dec 2020	23,200	22,890	22,133	−757 (−1370 to −144)
Replacement
Pre-pandemic	17,218	17,573	16,490	−1083 (−1378 to −788)
Mar–May 2020	18,255	18,417	17,959	−457 (−1246 to 331)
Jun–Aug 2020	17,585	18,111	17,186	−925 (−1480 to −371)
Sep–Dec 2020	18,056	16,875	15,882	−993 (−1677 to −309)
Cardiac
Pre-pandemic	18,944	19,515	19,170	−345 (−712 to 22)
Mar–May 2020	19,581	20,343	20,218	−125 (−827 to 577)
Jun–Aug 2020	19,785	20,105	20,677	572 (−110 to 1254)
Sep–Dec 2020	19,843	19,637	19,415	−222 (−1038 to 595)
Pulmonary
Pre-pandemic	20,498	21,170	21,115	−55 (−899 to 787)
Mar–May 2020	21,705	22,303	21,844	−459 (−1823 to 904)
Jun–Aug 2020	21,019	21,669	22,727	1058 (−594 to 2710)
Sep–Dec 2020	22,549	21,225	22,533	1308 (−659 to 3276)