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The CMS-mandated bundled payment model for hip and knee replacements, called the “Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model,” began this past April 2016. Christopher J. Donovan and C. Frederick Geilfuss II, both partners at the law firm Foley & Lardner, spoke about how hospitals can prepare for the model’s second performance year, slated to go into effect Jan. 1, 2017. The CJR model, which encompasses inpatient surgeries for Medicare beneficiaries within 67 selected geographic areas, is the first-ever mandatory bundled payment program issued by CMS. Read more from Becker’s.
