CMS To Cancel Mandatory Bundled Payments For Cardiac Care, CCJR Expansion

The White House Office of Management and Budget is reviewing a rule from CMS that would cancel a mandatory bundled payments program for cardiac care and changes to joint replacements bundles. Industry experts say that backing away from mandatory bundled payments could have implications for Medicare's move to alternative pay models. When CMS implemented the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacements (CCJR) demonstration in April 2016, it was the first time the agency put into place mandatory payment bundles -- previous...