Home Health Care News February 10, 2025
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model has had a modestly positive effect on how often joint replacement patients receive home health care, but “sizeable portions” of these patients still “miss out” on such services.
This is according to study findings recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
To enhance care coordination and decrease spending, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model in 2016. This model encouraged hospitals to take a more comprehensive approach to meet the needs of patients undergoing major joint replacement surgery by financially rewarding them for reducing Medicare spending while ensuring quality care from admission to 90 days post-discharge.
The objective of this...
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