CMS has finalized the cancellation of the mandatory hip fracture and cardiac bundled payment programs and made changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, or CJR.
Posted late last week, the proposed rule would eliminate certain mandatory bundled payment programs, including those for heart attacks and joint replacements.
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
HHS Secretary Tom Price is no fan of mandatory bundled payments, and not surprisingly, CMS is now delaying multiple bundled payment initiatives.
An analyst survey shows that surgeons who are part of Medicare's Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program are denying or delaying hip and knee replacements for certain patients.
Smart medtech companies are realizing that they have to be partners to hospitals and not simply vendors selling widgets.