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CMS Delays Implementation of Several Bundled Payment Models

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final implementation date for several bundled payment models that were finalized in December 2016. A final rule that included three new episode payment models (EPMs), plus an incentive payment model for cardiac rehabilitation services, and administrative changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement […]

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New Episode Payment Models and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model Delayed

Today, CMS announced a delay in the implementation of a recently-finalized regulation that would have created three new episode payment models for inpatient hospital care, established the Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive payment model, and also made technical changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. The final regulation, which was released in December 2016 […]

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