CMS Issues Final Rule Extending and Revising Comprehensive Care Joint Replacement Episode-Based Payment Model
By EsqSocial Corporation 20/05/21
The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule (the Rule) on April 29, 2021 extending and making various revisions to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (the CJR Model). The CJR Model is an episode-based alternative payment program that involves hip and knee replacement surgeries for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. The CJR Model began on April 1, 2016 and was scheduled to terminate on September 30, 2021. The extension will continue the CJR Model...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP