CMS to Expand Episode Payment Models for Cardiac Conditions, Fractures

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the proposed rule Advancing Care Coordination through Episode Payment Models for three conditions—acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and surgical hip/femur fracture treatment (SHFFT) excluding lower extremity joint replacement. CMS says the proposed models further its goals of improving both the efficiency…