5 Things About CMS’ Mandatory Bundled Payment Program that will Cut Costs and Improve Service

CMS is announcing their first mandatory test of shared-risk, outcomes-based payment models and it’s first initiative to make hospitals financially-responsible for patient recovery, up to 90-days after a knee or hip replacement surgery. This landmark program, Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement, will go into effect April 1, 2016. Patient engagement and care coordination technologies will be the…