Evaluation of Economic and Clinical Outcomes Under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mandatory Bundled Payments for Joint Replacements

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its first mandatory bundled payment program, the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, by randomizing metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) into the payment model.To evaluate changes in key economic and clinical outcomes associated with the CJR model.A retrospective, national, population-based analysis of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries undergoing lower...