The Valley Hospital is a participant in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model. The CJR model aims to improve the quality of care for hip and knee replacements (also known as lower extremity joint replacement procedures, or LEJRs). It holds participant hospitals financially accountable for the quality and cost of a CJR episode of care, and incentivizes increased coordination of care among hospitals, physicians and post-acute care providers, from a patient’s admission through recovery (90 days post-discharge).

CJR Collaborators

As part of its participation in the CJR model, The Valley Hospital has entered into financial sharing arrangements with CJR Collaborators – healthcare providers and group practices who share in share gains and losses with Valley, in compliance with CJR guidelines. Participation as a CJR Collaborator is voluntary.

Below is a list of our current collaborators:

Name Address

Mark Pizzurro, MD

Ridgewood Orthopedic Group
85 South Maple Avenue, 2nd Floor
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Phone: 201-445-2830
Fax: 201-445-7471

Ismar Dizdarevic, MD Ridgewood Orthopedic Group
85 South Maple Avenue, 2nd Floor
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Phone: 201-445-2830
Fax: 201-445-7471
Anthony Delfico, MD Ridgewood Orthopedic Group
85 South Maple Avenue, 2nd Floor
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Phone: 201-445-2830
Fax: 201-445-7471
Nicholas Alexander, MD 400 Franklin Turnpike, Suite 100
Mahwah, NJ 07430
Phone: 201-818-4344
Fax: 201-818-2710
Stephen Mcilveen, MD One West Ridgewood Avenue, Suite 307
Paramus, NJ 07652
Phone: 201-670-6702
Fax: 201-447-7098
Douglas Holden, MD Garden State Orthopedic Assoc
28-04 Broadway
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Phone: 201-791-4434
Fax: 973-685-9779
Edward Lin, MD Kayal Orthopaedic Center, P.C.
266 Harristown Road, Suite 107
Glen Rock, NJ 07452
Phone: 201-447-3880
Fax: 201-560-0712
Ernest Pope, MD Kayal Orthopaedic Center
784 Franklin Avenue, Suite 250
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Phone: 201-560-0711
Fax: 201-560-0712
Brian Vangrouw, DO Garden State Orthopedic Assoc
28-04 Broadway
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
Phone: 201-791-4434
Fax: 973-685-9779
Robert Kayal, MD Kayal Orthopaedic Center, P.C.
784 Franklin Avenue, Suite 250
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Phone: 201-560-0711
Fax: 201-560-0712
Andrew Brief, MD Ridgewood Orthopedic Group
85 South Maple Avenue, 2nd Floor
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Phone: 201-445-2830
Fax: 201-445-7471

Below is our historical collaborator:

Michael Distefano, MD 140 Route 17 North, Suite 255
Paramus, NJ 07652
Phone: 201-261-5501
Fax: 201-261-3350

Read our policy on selection criteria for providers or group practices that may become Valley Hospital CJR Collaborators.