MedTweetorial: #Tweetorial
Author: @signaturedoc
Type: #MedEd #Advocacy
Specialty: #OrthopedicSurgery #Ortho #Neurosurgery #Neurosurg
Topics: #Medicare #CMS #MedicareFFS #ElectiveSurgery #MedicareRegulation
Medicare Regulation #Tweetorial time!
Determining status for Medicare patient undergoing elective surgery.
CMS is eliminating the inpatient only list over the next 3 years and started 1-1-21 with all orthopedic and most spine surgeries. So how do you determine status? 1/
MedTweetorial: #Tweetorial
Author: @pierrerod
Type: #MedEd
Specialty: #Orthopedics #Ortho #ID #InfectiousDisease
Topics: #SepticArthritis #Gout #PseudoGout
Septic Arthritis = Infection of a joint
Predisposing RF:
- Advanced age 🧓
- Immunosuppression
- IV drug use 💉
- Recent joint surgery, trauma, injection or pre-existing disease
- Prosthetic joint
- Skin/soft tissue infection