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On February 17, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that it had delayed the effective date of provisions of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Rule that were scheduled to take effect February 18, 2017.  The Final Rule – titled “Advancing Care Coordination through Episode Payment Models” – was issued January 3, 2017 (see our previous analysis here) and in pertinent part implements:

  • Three new Medicare episode payment models (EPMs) surrounding 90-day episodes of care arising from (a) an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), (b) a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), or (c) a surgical hip/femur fracture treatment (SHFFT);
  • An incentive payment model to spur increased utilization of cardiac rehabilitation and intensive cardiac rehabilitation for Medicare beneficiaries; and
  • Modifications to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model (CJR Model), an ongoing CMS payment model involving hip and knee replacements that started on April 1, 2016.

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In January 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the somewhat controversial, mandatory Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR Model), which is a bundled payment program covering certain orthopedic procedures reimbursed by Medicare. The final rule implementing the CJR Model is effective on January 15, 2016, and the first model performance period begins on April 1, 2016. With the CJR Model, CMS aims to align various providers’ financial incentives by establishing a bundled payment system for CJR Procedures conducted in acute care hospitals located in 67 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) across the country. Among the MSAs chosen to participate are New Haven-Milford, Connecticut; Norwich-New London, Connecticut; and New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania.
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