Advith Sarikonda, Adam Leibold, Ashmal Sami, Daniyal Mansoor Ali, Eric Tecce, Ari August, Matthew O'Leary, Sara Thalheimer, Joshua Heller, Srinivas Prasad, Ashwini Sharan, Jack Jallo, James Harrop, Alexander R Vaccaro, Ahilan Sivaganesan
STUDY DESIGN: The present study is a single-center, retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing neurosurgical anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to use time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) methodology to determine whether surgeons' case volume influenced the true intraoperative costs of ACDFs performed at our institution. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Successful participation in emerging reimbursement models, such as bundled payments, requires an understanding of true intraoperative costs, as well as the modifiable drivers of those costs...
April 10, 2024: Clinical Spine Surgery