Financial Incentives for Lumbar Surgery: A Critical Analysis of Physician Reimbursement for Decompression and Fusion Procedures
Whang PG, Lim MR, Sasso RC, Skelton A, Brown ZB, Anderson D, Albert TJ, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR. Financial Incentives for Lumbar Surgery: A Critical Analysis of Physician Reimbursement for Decompression and Fusion Procedures. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2008, 21: 381-386. PMID: 18679090, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0b013e31814d4e1b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInstrumented fusion proceduresFusion proceduresIsolated decompressionAutogenous iliac crest boneSingle-level decompressionIliac crest boneLumbar degenerative conditionsLumbar decompressionLumbar surgeryPostoperative visitDecompression groupSingle surgeonConsecutive seriesOffice chartsOperative reportsPosterolateral fusionSurgical timeTotal clinical timeCrest boneLumbar degenerationSpinal fusionBACKGROUND DATALumbar arthrodesisType of operationSpine surgeons