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CMS releases proposed rule on extension and changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model

By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on February 25, 2020 Posted in General, News from DC, Regulatory

On Thursday, February 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (February 24 Federal Register publication) to extend the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model for an additional three years in order to better evaluate the program. CMS states in the proposed rule that participating hospitals in the … Continue reading

CMS issues final rule on mandatory bundled payment model for hip and knee surgeries

By on November 24, 2015 Posted in Regulatory

On November 24, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule implementing the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) payment model. Under the CJR model, 67 acute care hospitals located in randomly selected metropolitan areas will receive bundled payments for services furnished to certain Medicare beneficiaries undergoing lower extremity joint … Continue reading