BPCI Advanced – Medicare’s new physician-led bundled payment program that was announced in January 2018 – will not allow orthopaedic surgeons located in Texas’ five Comprehensive Center for Joint Replacement (CJR) to lead their own bundles for lower extremity joint replacements in the new BPCI Advanced program.

Due to the upcoming March 12, 2018 application deadline, TOA is encouraging TOA members in these CJR markets to contact their Members of Congress to contact the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to allow orthopaedic surgeons to lead their own BPCI Advanced bundles in CJR markets.

The physician groups that have been participating in the existing BPCI Model 2 have demonstrated significant savings for Medicare. A study conducted by the largest BPCI physician group practice (PGP) convener of 15 private practice orthopaedic groups across the nation found that they saved Medicare $3,214 (15 percent) per LEJR episode in 2015 (compared to the 2009-2012 historic baseline data).

TOA has told Congress that patients and orthopaedic surgeons practicing in the CJR markets should not be penalized based on their geographic location.

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