Total Joint Replacement

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Total joint replacement

Your total joint replacement journey is part of BGH's Bundled Care.

If you’re scheduled for a total joint replacement, you will need to attend an educational physiotherapy class. We will give you recovery information and instructions, including exercises, during these classes.

Resources for your total joint replacement journey can be found on this page.

Your total joint replacement team

A variety of health care professionals may be involved in your care from your first appointment to your last. These professionals may include: orthopaedic surgeon, nurses, advance care physiotherapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, LHIN Home and Community Care Coordinator, and your primary care provider.

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Bundled Care

About Bundled Care

In 2015, the Ministry of Health (MOH) introduced a new funding model to aid with Total Joint Replacements (TJR). This new integrated funding model was designed as a way to continue towards the development of an Ontario health system with a goal of ‘putting patients first’.

Their vision was to promote greater integration in health care dealings and streamline the process of TJR with the overall goals of delivering high quality and efficient care while improving patient outcomes and experiences. This new pathway allows for seamless transition between types of care thereby creating less confusion for the patient and their family. It is the same team working with you from the very start all the way to the end.

Beginning in the fall of 2020, the Brockville General Hospital (BGH) will be providing Bundled Care for elective hip and knee replacements. This single payment method will cover the cost of all needs for each patient, from surgery to discharge.

This new model will help integration of care between individual hospitals and the communities with which they serve. The BGH will be responsible for ensuring all payments to qualifying partner and non-partner organizations that offer care related to recovery and rehabilitation following an elective hip or knee replacement. This single payment will cover inpatient, outpatient, and rehabilitative services.

Brockville General Hospital has been approved by the MOH to participate in this Bundled Care expansion and our team is excited to continue working with you, the patient, to make this experience the best it can possibly be.

Associates

BGH has entered into a formal agreement with the South East Local Health Integration Network (SELHIN) Home and Community Care.

Non-associates

BGH will also be working with non-partners, at the request of patients, and following a referral from BGH, they will be able to provide this same service.

Non-Partners include:

Organizations that provide Ontario government-funded home care services.
Any Ontario hospital-operated inpatient rehab unit or hospital-based outpatient rehabilitation.
Any Ontario government-funded community outpatient rehabilitation provider such as publicly funded physiotherapy clinics.

Pricing

These prices:

Apply to the full episode of care, not on a per visit basis
Non-negotiable and align with the Quality Based Procedures (QBP) funding envelope allocated to BGH for Bundled Care
Are applicable for qualifying unilateral hip and knee replacement surgery and completed between June 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021
Are subject to change and notification will be provided if changes are made

Please note: BGH will not make payments above and beyond the bundle QBP funding envelope allocated for hip and knee bundled care from the MOH.