Build your CJR-X playbook with insights from Signature Medical Group’s Matt Civili on hidden episode costs, lessons from earlier models, and what to address before negotiating gain sharing.
Could patient-reported outcomes reveal gaps in physician peer review? Learn how trusted PRO data can inform physician discussions and opportunities to improve care.
Could Patient-Reported Outcomes Reveal a Blind Spot in Orthopedic Peer Review? Read Post »
Future Blue Distinction evaluations are moving to registry-based reporting through AJRR and ASR. Learn what the change means for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, why registry readiness matters, and how to prepare your organization before the next evaluation cycle.
Your Next Blue Distinction Evaluation Starts With Registry Readiness Read Post »
Explore four proven ways to maintain patient engagement, improve postoperative PROMs capture and collect more complete one-year follow-up data.
Improving PROMs Capture After Patients Leave the Hospital Read Post »
CJR-X is CMS’s nationwide bundled payment model for joint replacement. It expands accountability across inpatient and outpatient episodes and introduces greater emphasis on quality performance, including patient-reported outcomes. Hospitals should begin preparing now to manage cost, capture, and compliance risk.
CJR-X: Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement – Expanded Read Post »
The THA/TKA PRO-PM is one of the quality measures making up the TEAM’s Composite Quality Score — and it’s directly tied to Medicare payment. This post explains how the measure is scored, what the 25-case and 50% capture thresholds mean in practice, and which patients actually count toward your RSIR.
CMS90v14 is the MIPS quality measure (#377) requiring heart failure providers to document both an initial and follow-up functional status assessment using a validated PROM tool. This guide covers eligibility, accepted instruments, reporting timelines, and what the proposed Ambulatory Specialty Model means for your practice.
MIPS Quality Measures for Heart Failure: A Provider’s Guide to CMS90 / MIPS #377 Read Post »
Here’s what spine and cardiology providers need to know about PROMs, Quality ID 377 and future Medicare reimbursement changes beginning
AAOS is evolving registry requirements across AJRR, ASR and SER. Here’s what it means for your data, reporting and compliance.
Learn how the CJR-X model expands CMS bundled payments nationwide, key differences from the original CJR program, and what hospitals must do to prepare for 2027.
Learn which PROMs are used in robotic colorectal surgery, including LARS, EORTC QLQ-C30/CR29 and IBDQ, across rectal cancer, IBD and incontinence.
Disease-Specific PROMs in Robotic (da Vinci) Colorectal Surgery: A Literature Review Read Post »
Explore the most common PROMs in robotic inguinal hernia surgery, including CCS and EuraHS-QoL, with comparison of use, validation and outcomes.
Disease-Specific PROMs in Robotic Inguinal Hernia Surgery: A Literature Review Read Post »
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