CMS Delays Start Date Of Cardiac Bundles, Joint-Replacement Bundle Expansion

CMS is pushing back the start date of its mandatory cardiac care bundles at least three months to give the new administration time to review the rule that sets them up and, if necessary, change the policy behind those bundles, the agency said Monday (March 20). Although the newly issued interim final rule pushes back the start date of the cardiac care models -- as well as changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model -- from July to...