Medicare Program; Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model for Acute Care Hospitals Furnishing Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Services; Corrections and Correcting Amendments
medicare · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services · Rule · Published 2016-03-04 · Effective 2016-03-04 · 81 FR 11449
Document
Document number
2016-04786
Federal Register citation
81 FR 11449
CFR reference
42 CFR 510
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; correction and correcting amendments.
Category
medicare
Sub-agency
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publication date
2016-03-04
Effective date
2016-03-04
HHS docket
CMS-5516-F2
Abstract
In the November 24, 2015 Federal Register (80 FR 73274), we published a final rule to implement a new Medicare Part A and B payment model under section 1115A of the Social Security Act, called the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, in which acute care hospitals in certain selected geographic areas will receive retrospective bundled payments for episodes of care for lower extremity joint replacement (LEJR) or reattachment of a lower extremity. The effective date was January 15, 2016. This correcting amendment corrects a limited number of technical and typographical errors identified in the November 24, 2015 final rule.