Bundled payment model may increase home discharge rates for underrepresented groups

Published results showed the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, a Medicare bundled payment program, may be associated with increased rates of home discharge for Hispanic patients compared with white patients.
“These findings suggest that the [Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement] CJR model may increase home discharge rates among Hispanic patients outside of traditional Medicare and thereby reduce discrepancy in post-acute care,” Narae Kim, PhD, from the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California, and colleagues wrote in the study.

Published results showed the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, a Medicare bundled payment program, may be associated with increased rates of home discharge for Hispanic patients compared with white patients.
“These findings suggest that the [Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement] CJR model may increase home discharge rates among Hispanic patients outside of traditional Medicare and thereby reduce discrepancy in post-acute care,” Narae Kim, PhD, from the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California, and colleagues wrote in the study.