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  • July 2019
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  • JAMA Internal Medicine

Evaluation of Economic and Clinical Outcomes Under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mandatory Bundled Payments for Joint Replacements

By: Derek A. Haas, Xiaoran Zhang, Robert S. Kaplan and Zirui Song
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Abstract

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its first mandatory bundled payment program, the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, by randomizing metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) into the payment model. The paper analyzed Medicare costs for beneficiaries undergoing lower extremity joint replacement between April 1, 2016, through December 31, 2017. The introduction of the CJR was associated with reduced Medicare Part A spending ($582 per episode, a 2.5% savings) largely through lower post-acute spending in skilled nursing facilities. The CJR hospitals had no significant differences in hospital length of stay, readmissions, complications, 30- or 90-day mortality, volume of episodes, or patient characteristics relative to the non-CJR hospitals. We conclude that mandatory bundled payments may help to change clinicians’ and facilities’ behavior without harming quality.

Keywords

Medicare; Medicaid; Bundled Payments; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Performance Evaluation; Outcome or Result

Citation

Haas, Derek A., Xiaoran Zhang, Robert S. Kaplan, and Zirui Song. "Evaluation of Economic and Clinical Outcomes Under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mandatory Bundled Payments for Joint Replacements." JAMA Internal Medicine 179, no. 7 (July 2019): 924–931.
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