CMS issued an interim rule Monday that delays the effective applicability date for new bundled payment regulations from July 1, 2017 to October 1, 2017. The interim rule also delays the effective date of the bundled payment final rule from March 21 to May 20.

A final rule issued by CMS under President Barack Obama would have expanded a voluntary joint replacement bundled payment initiative and required participation for some hospitals in a cardiac care bundled payment initiative.

The interim rule indicated that the effective applicability date could be pushed back even further to January 1, 2018.

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