A new study published in JAMA highlights positive discharge numbers for hospitals participating in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model.
The study analyzed changes in discharges to institutional post-acute care after lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR) episodes among Medicare beneficiaries following implementation of the CJR bundled payments in 2016. Comparing metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) covered by the CJR to a group of control MSAs, the study found patient discharges to institutional post-acute care was 30.8% for CJR participants… 2.9% lower than the control group. The study authors called this “a significant difference,” though they cautioned that further evaluation was necessary.
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