CJR Annual Report Shows Net Savings

Jan 16, 2020 | CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has released their second annual report on the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. The report finds that “after two performance years,...

CMS Seeks Stakeholder Nominations for TJA Outcome Measures

Jan 2, 2020 | CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation – Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (YNHHSC/CORE) to perform development and reevaluation work for a range of measures assessing outcomes...

AAHKS Comments on CMS Stark Law Reform Proposals

Jan 2, 2020 | CMS

As 2019 closed, AAHKS provided CMS with comments on their proposal for substantive changes to the Physician Self-Referral law (Stark law). Much of our comments focus on proposed changes to different thresholds and safeguards for financial risk agreements related to...

CMS Seeking input on TJA Quality Measures

Dec 19, 2019 | CMS, Surveys

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Center for Patient Safety, Research, and Practice are seeking public comment on their Measuring Outcomes in Orthopedics Routinely (MOOR) project. They are looking to gather...

AAHKS Leaders Comment on Payment Study

Dec 12, 2019 | CMS

A study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery compares payment margins between the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative (BPCI) and the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR) with the conclusion that CJR is causing a reduction...

CMS Covers Changes to Home Health Care Referrals

Dec 5, 2019 | CMS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published two articles for physicians referring patients to Medicare home health care or ordering home health services. “Overview of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model” provides an overview of the new case-mix...