CMS hopes to scale back its mandatory joint replacement bundled payment program and fully cancel its cardiac bundled payment programs before they even begin in January 2018. Does this give emergency physicians the chance to help shape future programs? READ MORE
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to explore bundled payments through initiatives like the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) program and more recently the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) initiative, a report by the American Hospital Association (AHA) says getting physician buy-in will be key to success. READ MORE
In January, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a timeline to move the Medicare program, and the health care system as a whole, toward performance-based payment models. READ MORE
