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Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement

UT Health East Texas participates in Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program (CJR), which promotes high quality, cost efficient, and better coordination of care for patients undergoing hip and knee replacement surgery. This program permits facilities to enter into financial gainsharing relationships with its collaborators to share in the success of the program.

The hospital’s written policy for selecting CJR Collaborators is available for download here.

Physician Collaborators

UT Health East Texas has entered into gainsharing arrangements with the following physician collaborators:

  • Ken Kaminski, M.D.
    3414 Golden Road, Tyler, TX 75701
  • Kevin W. Luttrell, MD
    3414 Golden Road, Tyler, TX 75701
  • David A. Kummerfeld, MD
    3414 Golden Road, Tyler, TX 75701
  • John F. Priddy, MD
    3414 Golden Road, Tyler, TX 75701
  • Michael T. Merrick, MD
    3414 Golden Road, Tyler, TX 75701
  • Andrew Hester, MD
    3414 Golden Road, Tyler, TX 75701
  • Justin Bartley, MD
    8101 South Broadway Drive, Tyler, TX 75703
  • Ken Kaminski, MD
    3414 Golden Road, Tyler, TX 75701