The subject of total knee replacement (TKR) continues to reverberate. In this edition of Monitor Monday, Lori O’Hara, the lead of the ADR, appeals and clinical review team for Ensign Services, a provider of skilled nursing and assisted living services, will offer the perspective of a long-term care provider. Her position is that a TKR patient either needs medical oversight or they do not. The question of the proper environment, O’Hara answered by finding where the patient’s medical and functional presentation intersects the lowest level of safe care.

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