The CMS Comprehensive Care Model and Racial Disparity in Joint Replacement

Ibrahim et al talk about the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. It is an alternative payment model involving lower extremity joint replacement. This program involves acute care hospitals in 67 randomly selected metropolitan statistical areas. Under the CJR model, hospitals will be...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2016-09, Vol.316 (12), p.1258-1259
Main Authors: Ibrahim, Said A, Kim, Hyunjee, McConnell, K. John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Arthroplasty, Replacement - economics
Arthroplasty, Replacement - statistics & numerical data
Black or African American - statistics & numerical data
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S
Discharge
Fee-for-Service Plans
Female
Health care expenditures
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Joint surgery
Male
Medicare
Medicare - economics
Osteoarthritis - complications
Osteoarthritis - epidemiology
Osteoarthritis - ethnology
United States - epidemiology
Value-Based Health Insurance
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Summary:Ibrahim et al talk about the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. It is an alternative payment model involving lower extremity joint replacement. This program involves acute care hospitals in 67 randomly selected metropolitan statistical areas. Under the CJR model, hospitals will be held accountable for Medicare costs related to lower extremity joint replacement for 90 days after patient hospital discharge Medicare will continue to reimburse hospital discharge.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2016.12330