CMS webinar Feb. 9 on new Medicare bundled payment model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Feb. 9 webinar on its new payment model to bundle payment to acute care hospitals for heart attack and cardiac bypass surgery services beginning in July 2017. The final rule, issued last month, also will expand the existing Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model to include other surgical treatments for hip and femur fractures beyond hip replacement. To register for the 60-minute webinar, which begins at 12 p.m. ET, click here. For more on the final rule, see the recent AHA Special Bulletin.