42 CFR § 510.100 - Episodes being tested.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s510.100"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 510.100 - Episodes being tested."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "510.100"
section_name: "Episodes being tested."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MODEL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "510"
part_name: "COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT MODEL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302, 1315a, and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 73540, Nov. 24, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "510"
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# 510.100 Episodes being tested.
(a) *Initiation of an episode.* An episode is initiated when, 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]