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Hospital Associations Weigh in on CJR

Dec 4, 2015 | Medicare

Representatives from the American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges provide commentary in an article published in HealthLeaders Media on the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) bundled payment program. Both associations...

AARP Questions Medicare Hip and Knee Data

Dec 4, 2015 | Medicare

The AARP Public Policy Institute published a study, “Impact of the Medicare Hospital Readmission Reduction Program on Hospital Readmissions Following Joint Replacement Surgery” in its October issue. The instituted aimed to “determine whether readmission rates for...

CMS Issues Final Rule for Pilot Payment Model

Nov 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare

On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program (CJR). Seven changes were published with the final rule including a new start date of April 1, 2016, and a reduction of the...

AAHKS Replies to CMS RFI for new CMS Payment Systems

Nov 20, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare

AAHKS Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD filed a letter commenting on CMS’s Request for Information regarding development of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the new Medicare Access and CHIP...

CMS Reports Fraction of ICD-10 Claims Rejected

Nov 6, 2015 | Medicare, Practice Management

Healthcare Finance News reports that of the 10 percent of claims filed under ICD-10, only a fraction have been rejected by CMS due to coding errors. Rejections were DUE to incorrectly submitted ICD-9 codes and incomplete or incorrect information. The article points...

Follow Up to JOA Bundled Payment Report

Oct 23, 2015 | Medicare

HealthLeaders Media featured a follow up story to a report published in The Journal of Arthroplasty last January. One of the report’s authors, Stephen J. Zabinski, MD, was interviewed for the article that looks at Medicare’s new mandatory bundled payment program and...