Table 4.
Medicare Payments per Episode
| BPCI | CONTROL | Diff-in-Diff | P Value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Intervention | Difference | P | Baseline | Intervention | Difference | P | |||
| PCI | ||||||||||
| Total payments | $20,164 | $20,836 | $673 | 0.048 | $19,955 | $20,506 | $551 | 0.022 | $122 | 0.768 |
| Index hospitalization | $13,825 | $14,067 | $242 | <0.001 | $13,864 | $14,074 | $210 | <0.001 | $32 | 0.619 |
| Readmission | $3,639 | $3,958 | $319 | 0.111 | $3,522 | $3,813 | $291 | 0.118 | $28 | 0.919 |
| SNF | $1,490 | $1,421 | −$69 | 0.612 | $1,395 | $1,415 | $20 | 0.856 | −$90 | 0.607 |
| IRF | $213 | $323 | $111 | 0.133 | $294 | $278 | −$16 | 0.797 | $127 | 0.192 |
| LTCH | $90 | $221 | $131 | 0.092 | $57 | $105 | $48 | 0.205 | $83 | 0.301 |
| Home health agency | $614 | $587 | −$26 | 0.498 | $557 | $534 | −$23 | 0.331 | −$3 | 0.950 |
| DME | $293 | $259 | −$34 | 0.296 | $266 | $287 | $20 | 0.225 | −$55 | 0.140 |
| CABG | ||||||||||
| Total payments | $36,925 | $34,007 | −$2,918 | <0.001 | $36,877 | $34,259 | −$2,618 | <0.001 | −$300 | 0.730 |
| Index hospitalization | $27,167 | $25,593 | −$1,574 | 0.021 | $27,248 | $25,505 | −$1,743 | <0.001 | $169 | 0.834 |
| Readmission | $3,325 | $3,114 | −$211 | 0.397 | $3,578 | $3,216 | −$362 | 0.034 | $151 | 0.623 |
| SNF | $3,355 | $2,584 | −$771 | 0.003 | $2,723 | $2,434 | −$288 | 0.030 | −$482 | 0.097 |
| IRF | $1,019 | $959 | −$60 | 0.742 | $1,201 | $1,212 | $11 | 0.923 | −$71 | 0.749 |
| LTCH | $182 | $92 | −$90 | 0.261 | $198 | $109 | −$90 | 0.195 | $0 | 0.997 |
| Home health agency | $1,702 | $1,500 | −$202 | 0.007 | $1,768 | $1,624 | −$144 | <0.001 | −$57 | 0.502 |
| DME | $174 | $163 | −$11 | 0.359 | $160 | $160 | $0 | 0.962 | −$11 | 0.480 |
*
SNF – Skilled nursing facility; IRF – Inpatient rehabilitation facility; DME – Durable medical equipment; PCI – Percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG – Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting