AARP Questions Medicare Hip and Knee Data

Dec 4, 2015 | Medicare

The AARP Public Policy Institute published a study, “Impact of the Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program on Hospital Readmissions Following Joint Replacement Surgery” in its October issue. The instituted aimed to “determine whether readmission rates for...

CMS Issues Final Rule for Pilot Payment Model

Nov 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program (CJR). Seven changes were published with the final rule including a new start date of April 1, 2016, and a reduction of the...

Follow Up to JOA Bundled Payment Report

Oct 23, 2015 | Medicare

HealthLeaders Media featured a follow up story to a report published in The Journal of Arthroplasty last January. One of the report’s authors, Stephen J. Zabinski, MD, was interviewed for the article that looks at Medicare’s new mandatory bundled payment program and...

CMS Hosting MACRA Request for Information Webinars

Oct 9, 2015 | Medicare

CMS will be hosting a series of webinars about the Request for Information for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). During these webinars, MACRA Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) will also be...