Bundled Payment

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov. 16 finalized a new payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery.
AHA comments to CMS regarding Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement ICD-9-CM hip fracture code list.
The final bundled payment model for hip and knee replacement surgeries “takes several positive steps” to support hospitals’ efforts to improve patient care, the AHA said earlier this week.
Late November 16, CMS finalized a new payment model that bundles payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery -- the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model.
AHA comments to CMS regarding the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model proposed rule.
Model comment letter to CMS on Proposed Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model
Late July 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for hip and knee replacement surgery the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) model.
Bundled payment, where providers are reimbursed a set fee for an episode of care, would break down current payment silos and reward providers for improving the coordination, quality and efficiency of care.