[01/18/17]
Posted on January 18, 2017 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On December 20, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a Final Rule that included several changes to the recently implemented Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (“CJR”) program. The CJR Model is a retrospective bundled payment program limited to lower extremity joint replacement (“LEJR”) procedures and is designed to encourage hospitals... READ MORE
Tags: bundled payment, Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model, CJR, cms, Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement, Episode Payment Models, EPM, final rule, hhs
[01/18/17]
Posted on January 18, 2017 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
Background On December 20, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a final rule (the “Final Rule”)1 creating three new episode payment models (“EPMs”) covering services provided to Medicare beneficiaries admitted to certain Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) hospitals for heart attacks, coronary bypass surgery or surgical treatment of hip or... READ MORE
Tags: Acute Myocardial Infarction, AMI, bundled payment, CABG, Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model, CJR, cjr hospitals, cjr performance, cms, Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, CR, CR Incentive Model, Episode Payment Models, episode payment models cms, EPM, final rule, hhs, SHFFT, Surgical Hip/Femur Fracture Treatment
[12/21/16]
Posted on December 21, 2016 in Health Law News
Published by: Hall Render
On December 20, CMS posted for public inspection a final rule establishing three new Episode Payment Models (“EPMs”). Two of the EPMs pertain to cardiac care. The third EPM pertains to orthopedic care. CMS will officially publish the rule on January 3, 2017. The Cardiac-Related EPMs The first cardiac-related EPM is for episodes of... READ MORE
Tags: Cardiac, Episode Payment Models, EPMs, MACRA
