CMS June, 2019
Second Annual Report
Prepared for: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Submitted by: The Lewin Group, Inc. with our partners: Abt Associates, GDIT, and Telligen
June 2019
Executive Summary
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model tests whether episode-based bundled payments and quality measurement for lower extremity joint replacements (LEJR) can lower payments and improve quality.1
Implemented on April 1, 2016 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center, this mandatory model is an important component of CMS’ strategy to use alternative payment models (APMs) to slow Medicare spending growth by rewarding value rather than volume.2
The second annual CJR model evaluation report presents findings from the first two performance years, which include episodes initiated on or after April...
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