• Reg Anesth Pain Med · Dec 2023

    Financial model for a transitional pain service at a large tertiary academic center in the USA.

    • Caroline S Zubieta, Christina Shabet, James Lin, Aurelio Muzaurieta, Akul Arora, Nazanin Maghsoodi, Chad M Brummett, and Anthony Edelman.
    • University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
    • Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2023 Dec 16.

    AbstractApproximately 1 in 10 patients undergoing surgery is considered at high risk for poor pain and opioid-related outcomes due to chronic pain or persistent opioid use prior to surgery, leading to increased hospital lengths of stay, emergency department visits, hospital readmissions, and worse long-term outcomes. Multidisciplinary transitional pain services (TPSs) have been shown to effectively identify and optimize high-risk patients before surgery, leading to a reduction in healthcare utilization. We conducted a series of semistructured interviews, a literature search, and a financial analysis to develop a reproducible business case for establishing a TPS. These interviews involved discussions with clinicians and administrators at Michigan Medicine, as well as leaders of TPS initiatives at peer institutions across the USA and Canada. The aim was to understand possible operational structures and potential sources of revenue and cost savings that needed inclusion in our model. Subsequently, the authors developed a modifiable financial modeling tool, which is freely available for download and adaptable to any healthcare institution. The model suggests that the primary source of cost savings can be attributed to a reduction in length of stay. Furthermore, several operational options exist for incorporating a TPS that performs at breakeven or positive net profit. This tool and these findings are important for informing health systems of operational and financial considerations when implementing a TPS program. Future research should evaluate this financial tool's reproducibility in community health system contexts.© American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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