Orthopedists Asked CMS To Stop Mandatory Bundled-Pay Models
Executive Summary
Orthopedic surgeons never favored mandatory bundled-payment programs such as the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model. In fact, in comments to CMS, surgeons requested that the US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation make the programs voluntary and scale them back.
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