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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 42 - Public Health |
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Chapter IV - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services |
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SubChapter H - Health Care Infrastructure and Model Programs |
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Part 510 - Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model |
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Subpart B - Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Program Participants |
§ 510.100 - Episodes being tested.
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§ 510.100 Episodes being tested.
(a) Initiation of an episode. An episode is initiated when a participant hospital admits a Medicare , with respect to a beneficiary described in § 510.205 -
(1) The participant hospital admits the beneficiary for an anchor hospitalization; or
(2) On or after July 4, 2021, an anchor procedure is performed at the participant hospital.
(b) Exclusions. A hospital is excluded from being a participant hospital, but only so long as any of the following conditions apply:
(1) The hospital is an episode initiator for an LEJR episode in the risk-bearing period of Models 2 or 4 of BPCI.
(2) The hospital is participating in Model 1 of BPCI.
(3) These exclusions cease to apply as of the date that the hospital no longer meets any of the conditions specified in this paragraph.
[80 FR 73540, Nov. 24, 2015, as amended at 86 FR 23570, May 3, 2021]