by MedBen Analytics | Apr 9, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CJR, MedBen Analytics, Research, Total Hip Arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), Value-Based Care
On the heels of a two-year Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) cost analysis comes another study further supporting the cost-saving potential of bundled payments for joint replacement episodes. According to the Journal of Arthroplasty, researchers studied...
by MedBen Analytics | Feb 12, 2019 | BPCI, CJR, CMS, MedBen Analytics, Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
The removal of Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) procedures from the CMS inpatient-only list in January 2018 resulted in no small number of provider questions regarding how Medicare would pay for TKA claims under the revised rules. Initial CMS attempts to clarify billing...
by MedBen Analytics | Jan 29, 2019 | Alex Azar, Bundled Payments, CJR, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Health and Human Services (HHS), Kurt Harden, Mandatory Participation, Reports, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) compares voluntary and mandatory bundled payment models, and may offer a hint as to which one comes out ahead. The GAO examined six Medicare episode-based payment models that were in place in early 2018, the...
by MedBen Analytics | Jan 15, 2019 | Bundled Payments, CJR, Performance, Research, Value-Based Care
New Harvard University research shows promising results for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. As published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a two-year study of bundled payments for hip and knee replacement surgeries found an average...
by MedBen Analytics | Oct 10, 2018 | Bundled Payments, CJR, CMS, Mandatory Participation, Post-Acute Care, Reports, Value-Based Care
The recently-released first annual report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the progress of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model suggests that the bundled payment approach is having the desired result of maintaining...
by MedBen Analytics | Oct 10, 2018 | BPCI, BPCI Advanced, Bundled Payments, CJR, Mandatory Participation, Value-Based Care, Voluntary Participation
Questions have arisen as to how the end of the original Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative affects participants that also happen to be located in a mandatory Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement...
