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Chris Childers

@cchildersmd

Father | Husband | Assistant Prof HPB @UWSurgery @fredhutch
MD/PhD focused on healthcare finance
Previously @MDAndersonNews @UCLASurgeryRes
Seattle, WA scholar.google.com/citations?user… Joined April 2009
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Chris Childers @cchildersmd
Out today in @JAMASurgery we provide updated benchmarks for the cost per minute of OR time and, for the first time, estimates of charges and revenues per minute as well:

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

tl;dr -
cost per minute: $57
charges: $295
revenues: $66
jamanetwork.com Costs, Charges, and Revenue of Hospital Operating Rooms in California This cross-sectional study estimates the cost of 1 minute of operating room time in California hospitals for fiscal years 2014 to 2022 and assesses trends for costs, charges, and revenue by hospital...
Chris Childers @cchildersmd
Despite pushback, CMS finalized a 20% cut when 0-day global procedures coincide with an E&M. The rationale? Efficiency gains when multiple services occur together. But what about multiple E&Ms performed together? We discuss in @AmCollSurgeons policy brief: facs.org/advocacy/healt…
www.facs.org A Proposed Medicare Payment Cut You Should Know - Modifier 25 & Overlapping Services, Part 2 See how proposed Medicare changes to Modifier 25 could affect surgical payment and what ACS is doing to address the impact.
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Chris Childers @cchildersmd
CMS just finalized a policy replacing the G2211 add-on code with two modifiers (B1 and B2). The agency's stated rationale for this shift doesn't hold much water. So what is really driving the change? We explore several possibilities in @Health_Affairs:
healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…
www.healthaffairs.org Changing G2211 Again: What Problem Is CMS Trying To Solve? | Health Affairs Forefront The add-on code G2211 compensates clinicians who serve as a patient’s longitudinal focal point for care. CMS has proposed replacing it with two new modifiers, but it’s unclear why.
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Chris Childers @cchildersmd
Out this morning in @Health_Affairs Forefront @Thomasctsai @DonJSelzer and I discuss CMS's proposed changes to G2211, and ask the fundamental question - what problem are they trying to solve? healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…
www.healthaffairs.org Changing G2211 Again: What Problem Is CMS Trying To Solve? | Health Affairs Forefront The add-on code G2211 compensates clinicians who serve as a patient’s longitudinal focal point for care. CMS has proposed replacing it with two new modifiers, but it’s unclear why.