In follow-up to the March 10, 2015 announcement of the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model of payment and care delivery, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted the first in a series of open door forums focusing on various aspects of the Model.
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an introduction webinar about the Oncology Care Model (OCM) on Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST. The webinar focused on introducing core concepts of OCM and application instructions. Advance registration was not required.
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The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT. During this webinar, presenters provided a preview of the Calendar Year 2022 payment design related to the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model. The session also offered attendees an opportunity to ask follow-up questions.
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The CMS Innovation Center held a Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program webinar on August 9, 2016 from 12:00 – 1:00p.m. EDT. This webinar provided an overview of the proposal in calendar year 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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The Next Generation ACO Model team hosted an open door forum on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. During this open door forum Model team members provided a deep dive presentation examining details of financial aspects relating to the model.
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In this August 14, 2012 webinar CMS Innovation Center staff provided additional information for states that are interested in applying for a Model Design award. Governors' offices were strongly encouraged to onvite their health care innovation team, key stakeholders and appropriate State officials such as State health department directors, Medicaid directors, and insurance commissioners.
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The Medicare-Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model team hosted a webinar on Thursday, June 8, 2017 that covered the high-level processes for assigning beneficiaries to Medicare-Medicaid ACOs and calculating savings/losses generated by Medicare-Medicaid ACOs. The webinar also covered the role of participating states in designing the details of these methodologies.
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The Next Generation ACO Model team hosted an open door forum on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. During this open door forum Model team members provided an overview of the Model, along with information pertaining to the Letter of Intent (LOI).
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This open door forum provided follow up information to 2014 Shared Savings Program ACOs applying to AIM, including suggestions and resources to consider when submitting their application. Attendees had the opportunity to ask subject matter experts questions about the AIM application process.
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an introduction webinar about the Oncology Care Model (OCM) on Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST. The webinar focused on introducing core concepts of OCM and application instructions. Advance registration was not required.
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The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT. During this webinar, presenters provided a preview of the Calendar Year 2022 payment design related to the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model. The session also offered attendees an opportunity to ask follow-up questions.
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The CMS Innovation Center held a Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program webinar on August 9, 2016 from 12:00 – 1:00p.m. EDT. This webinar provided an overview of the proposal in calendar year 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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The Next Generation ACO Model team hosted an open door forum on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. During this open door forum Model team members provided a deep dive presentation examining details of financial aspects relating to the model.
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In this August 14, 2012 webinar CMS Innovation Center staff provided additional information for states that are interested in applying for a Model Design award. Governors' offices were strongly encouraged to onvite their health care innovation team, key stakeholders and appropriate State officials such as State health department directors, Medicaid directors, and insurance commissioners.
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The Medicare-Medicaid Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model team hosted a webinar on Thursday, June 8, 2017 that covered the high-level processes for assigning beneficiaries to Medicare-Medicaid ACOs and calculating savings/losses generated by Medicare-Medicaid ACOs. The webinar also covered the role of participating states in designing the details of these methodologies.
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The Next Generation ACO Model team hosted an open door forum on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. During this open door forum Model team members provided an overview of the Model, along with information pertaining to the Letter of Intent (LOI).
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This open door forum provided follow up information to 2014 Shared Savings Program ACOs applying to AIM, including suggestions and resources to consider when submitting their application. Attendees had the opportunity to ask subject matter experts questions about the AIM application process.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a webinar on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT that focused on the proposal requirements of the Round Two Model Design Award opportunity.
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This Part D Enhanced Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Model learning event occurred on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The webinar focused on proposed encounter data specifications.
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On Tuesday, April 9 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model team provided an overview of the model’s main goals and guiding principles, provided a brief review of Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Hospice Benefit, introduced the key model design considerations, and provided a general timeline for the coming months.
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The Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model team hosted a Comprehensive Kidney Care First (KCF) Model Option introduction webinar on Friday, November 15, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST.
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The Accountable Health Communities Model team hosted a webinar to provide an overview of the new funding opportunity and application requirements for Track 1 on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 from 2:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. EDT.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the fourth in a series of webinars for potential applicants interested in applying to Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The webinar held on Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 1:00–2:00pm EDT, focused on how to achieve lower costs through improvement. This webinar also reviewed the components of the Financial Plan.
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Has your organization prioritized addressing health inequities? How can a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Model factor into your organization’s health equity strategy? How can you structure your plan’s benefits to have the greatest impact on underserved communities? What partnership opportunities are available with CMMI?
These are important questions CMMI plans to answer in a new webinar series focused on health equity! CMMI is sponsoring a series of webinars for current and potential Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO) participants in the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model.
The first webinar in the series provided an overview of the Model’s Health Equity Incubation Sessions effort, articulated a business case for MAOs to leverage VBID Model Components to address health inequities in their member populations, and provided specific guidance and clarification on the full extent of health equity focused flexibilities that fall under the Model’s waiver authority.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the second in a series of webinars on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 for the Support and Alignment Networks under the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI). This webinar focused on providing information regarding the application process.
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The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team hosted a webinar on Thursday, January 30, 2020 to provide information and answer questions about the hospice benefit component recently added to the Value Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in January 2019 that beginning in calendar year 2021, the VBID Model will test including the Medicare hospice benefit in Medicare Advantage.
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During this webinar the Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from 1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. EST. During this webinar, presenters provided information about benefit enhancements for the Direct Contracting Model Options.
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The Oncology Care Model team hosted a webinar on OCM Frequently Asked Questions and Application Overview on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 12:00pm EDT. No password was required for the webinar.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a webinar on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 from 2:30 – 4:30pm EST that provided an overview of the demonstration and the application package.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a special webinar featuring Dr. Patrick Conway, CMS Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality and CMS Chief Medical Officer, on Monday, November 10, 2014 from 10:30am – 11:30 am ET. Dr. Conway will provided an update about the work of the CMS Innovation Center and the models being tested to improve better care for patients, better health for our communities, and lower costs through improvement for our health care system. Opportunities for questions were provided.
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The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Model Expansion Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Call was held from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST on November 30, 2016. During this call, CMS experts provided a high-level overview of the finalized policies in the CY 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (the CY 2017 Medicare PFS final rule includes the expansion of the MDPP Model beginning January 1, 2018), reviewed the steps necessary for enrollment into Medicare as an MDDPP supplier, and answered some of the audiences most pressing questions.
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During this webinar the Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 1:30pm-3:00 p.m. EST entitled, Direct Contracting Overview/Direct Contracting Entity (DCE) Types/Alignment. During this webinar, presenters provided an overview of the Direct Contracting Model Professional and Global Options, including information about the participation and eligibility requirements, Direct Contracting Entity (DCE) types, payment mechanisms, and beneficiary alignment methodology.
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In follow-up to the March 10, 2015 announcement of the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model of payment and care delivery, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted the third in a series of open door forums on March 31, 2015 focusing on financial methodology and related issues.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an open door forum covering the application process for the 2017 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 from 4:00 - 5:00pm EST.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an open door forum providing letter of intent overview for the 2017 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model. The open door forum was held on Tuesday, March 22 from 4:00pm – 5:30pm EDT.
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In this August 15, 2012 webinar CMS Innovation Center staff provided additional information for states that are interested in applying for a Model Testing award. Governors' offices were strongly encouraged to onvite their health care innovation team, key stakeholders and appropriate State officials such as State health department directors, Medicaid directors, and insurance commissioners.
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The Part D Enhanced Medication Management (MTM) Model team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Attendees received an introduction to the model and related details.
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The CMS Innovation Center offered a kickoff webinar event for the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care (CEC) Model on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 4:00–5 p.m. EDT. This webinar focused on model objectives, terms of the award, eligibility criteria, changes from the first public solicitation and important deadlines. A 20 minute question and answer period followed the presentation.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an open door forum covering population based payments and all inclusive population based payments for the 2017 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model. The open door forum was held on Tuesday, April 26 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a webinar on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT that focused on the proposal requirements of the Round Two Model Design Award opportunity.
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This Part D Enhanced Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Model learning event occurred on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The webinar focused on proposed encounter data specifications.
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On Tuesday, April 9 from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model team provided an overview of the model’s main goals and guiding principles, provided a brief review of Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Hospice Benefit, introduced the key model design considerations, and provided a general timeline for the coming months.
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The Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model team hosted a Comprehensive Kidney Care First (KCF) Model Option introduction webinar on Friday, November 15, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST.
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The Accountable Health Communities Model team hosted a webinar to provide an overview of the new funding opportunity and application requirements for Track 1 on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 from 2:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. EDT.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the fourth in a series of webinars for potential applicants interested in applying to Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The webinar held on Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 1:00–2:00pm EDT, focused on how to achieve lower costs through improvement. This webinar also reviewed the components of the Financial Plan.
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Has your organization prioritized addressing health inequities? How can a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Model factor into your organization’s health equity strategy? How can you structure your plan’s benefits to have the greatest impact on underserved communities? What partnership opportunities are available with CMMI?
These are important questions CMMI plans to answer in a new webinar series focused on health equity! CMMI is sponsoring a series of webinars for current and potential Medicare Advantage Organization (MAO) participants in the Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model.
The first webinar in the series provided an overview of the Model’s Health Equity Incubation Sessions effort, articulated a business case for MAOs to leverage VBID Model Components to address health inequities in their member populations, and provided specific guidance and clarification on the full extent of health equity focused flexibilities that fall under the Model’s waiver authority.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the second in a series of webinars on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 for the Support and Alignment Networks under the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI). This webinar focused on providing information regarding the application process.
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The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team hosted a webinar on Thursday, January 30, 2020 to provide information and answer questions about the hospice benefit component recently added to the Value Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in January 2019 that beginning in calendar year 2021, the VBID Model will test including the Medicare hospice benefit in Medicare Advantage.
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During this webinar the Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from 1:30 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. EST. During this webinar, presenters provided information about benefit enhancements for the Direct Contracting Model Options.
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The Oncology Care Model team hosted a webinar on OCM Frequently Asked Questions and Application Overview on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 12:00pm EDT. No password was required for the webinar.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a webinar on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 from 2:30 – 4:30pm EST that provided an overview of the demonstration and the application package.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a special webinar featuring Dr. Patrick Conway, CMS Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality and CMS Chief Medical Officer, on Monday, November 10, 2014 from 10:30am – 11:30 am ET. Dr. Conway will provided an update about the work of the CMS Innovation Center and the models being tested to improve better care for patients, better health for our communities, and lower costs through improvement for our health care system. Opportunities for questions were provided.
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The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) Model Expansion Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Call was held from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST on November 30, 2016. During this call, CMS experts provided a high-level overview of the finalized policies in the CY 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule (the CY 2017 Medicare PFS final rule includes the expansion of the MDPP Model beginning January 1, 2018), reviewed the steps necessary for enrollment into Medicare as an MDDPP supplier, and answered some of the audiences most pressing questions.
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During this webinar the Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 1:30pm-3:00 p.m. EST entitled, Direct Contracting Overview/Direct Contracting Entity (DCE) Types/Alignment. During this webinar, presenters provided an overview of the Direct Contracting Model Professional and Global Options, including information about the participation and eligibility requirements, Direct Contracting Entity (DCE) types, payment mechanisms, and beneficiary alignment methodology.
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In follow-up to the March 10, 2015 announcement of the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model of payment and care delivery, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted the third in a series of open door forums on March 31, 2015 focusing on financial methodology and related issues.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an open door forum covering the application process for the 2017 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 from 4:00 - 5:00pm EST.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an open door forum providing letter of intent overview for the 2017 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model. The open door forum was held on Tuesday, March 22 from 4:00pm – 5:30pm EDT.
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In this August 15, 2012 webinar CMS Innovation Center staff provided additional information for states that are interested in applying for a Model Testing award. Governors' offices were strongly encouraged to onvite their health care innovation team, key stakeholders and appropriate State officials such as State health department directors, Medicaid directors, and insurance commissioners.
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The Part D Enhanced Medication Management (MTM) Model team hosted a webinar on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Attendees received an introduction to the model and related details.
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The CMS Innovation Center offered a kickoff webinar event for the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care (CEC) Model on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 from 4:00–5 p.m. EDT. This webinar focused on model objectives, terms of the award, eligibility criteria, changes from the first public solicitation and important deadlines. A 20 minute question and answer period followed the presentation.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an open door forum covering population based payments and all inclusive population based payments for the 2017 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model. The open door forum was held on Tuesday, April 26 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT.
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Population Health in 2016: Know How to Move Forwardathenahealth
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) present a significant opportunity to reduce health care expenditures and ensure quality care. Successfully managing the transition to an ACO is one of the most difficult challenges facing health organizations today. The key is to focus on the risk contract and approach population health management in a staged, incremental way.
The CMS Innovation Center held the second in a series of webinars for potential applicants to Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The webinar held Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:30pm – 3:00pm EDT, focused specifically on the first two of the four innovation categories.
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In this July 11, 2012 webinar, CMS Innovation Center staff discussed the amended Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns initiative.
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The Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents is an initiative designed to improve care for people living in nursing facilities who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid.
Through this initiative, CMS will partner with independent organizations to improve care for long-stay nursing facility residents. These organizations will collaborate with nursing facilities and States to provide coordinated, person-centered care with the goal of reducing avoidable hospital stays.
In this webinar, staff from the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) and the CMS Innovation Center will provide an overview of the initiative, and offer information about how to apply.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a webinar on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, from 4:15pm-5:15pm EDT. The webinar reviewed Model Test Proposal Format Requirements, the ‘Population Health Plan’ Portion of the Model Test Project Narrative, and the Population Health Plan Deliverable of the Model Test Project Period.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the second in a series of webinar events for the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care (CEC) Model on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 from 12:00p.m. – 1:30p.m. EDT. This webinar consisted of a panel discussion focusing on learning from past ESCO participants on what it takes to become a successful applicant and successful ESCO.
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In this webinar, staff from the CMS Innovation Center provided an overview of the Demonstration, and offered information about how to apply.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the third in a series of webinars for potential applicants interested in applying to Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The webinar held on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 1:30–3:00pm EDT, focused on the remaining two of the four innovation categories.
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CMS Innovation Center staff hosted a webinar for state officials on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET to provide additional information on the application process, financial templates and accessing Medicare data.
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation released a Request for Information (RFI) in late 2013 entitled the “Evolution of ACO Initiatives at CMS.” These are the second of two batches of responses received by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to the RFI.
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The CMS Innovation Center is hosting a conference call to discuss important updates regarding the Strong Start funding opportunity. Due to numerous questions and suggestions we have received from stakeholders, CMS is revising the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to respond to the important issues stakeholders have raised. CMS will extend the application deadline to allow potential applicants the time they need to develop innovative models.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the seventh in a series of webinars on Thursday, July 18, 2013 from 1:00–2:00pm EDT to provide an overview of the application package.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the eighth in a series of webinars about the Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 from 1:00–2:00pm EDT to provide technical assistance on submitting an application.
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CMS Innovation Center staff hosted this webinar for state officials to provide additional information on the application process, financial templates and accessing Medicare data.
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Strong Start is an initiative to reduce preterm births and early elective deliveries while improving outcomes for newborns and pregnant women.
Under this initiative, the Innovation Center will award up to $43 million through a competitive process to providers, States, managed care plans, and conveners to achieve better care, improved health, and lower costs for these women and their newborns.
CMS Innovation Center and Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services staff will be hosting a webinar that will discuss how applicants can prepare their budget for the Strong Start Medicaid funding opportunity.
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CMS hosted an Open Door Forum call on November 22, 2013 to allow providers, suppliers, beneficiary advocacy groups, and other interested parties to provide input into the design and implementation of this demonstration. Mandated by the “Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-242)”, the purpose of this demonstration is to evaluate the impact of providing payment for items and services needed for the in-home administration of IVIG for the treatment of primary immune deficiency disease (PIDD). The demonstration will provide these benefits for up to 4,000 Medicare beneficiaries for a period of three years.
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Staff from the CMS Innovation Center hosted an overview webinar of the Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two to give interested potential applicants the opportunity to hear more about the Funding Opportunity Announcement. CMS Innovation Center staff were also available to answer questions. Advance registration was required.
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The Direct Contracting Model Options team hosted a webinar on January 22, 2020 to provide additional information on the Direct Contracting model's payment methodology following the Payment Part 1 Webinar on January 15th. The team presented on additional aspects of the financial model not covered during the Payment Part 1 Webinar, such as its risk adjustment, benchmark methodologies, and quality measures. The forum also provided an opportunity for potential applicants to ask the team questions regarding these topics and other topics related to the model application.
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Provides an overview of various ACO models existing in U.S. healthcare, their evolution and performance over last 5-6 years and provide a perspective on each of the model
The CMS Innovation Center held a Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model webinar on August 24, 2016 from 2:00 – 3:00p.m. EDT. This webinar provided an overview of the changes to the model scheduled to take effect in 2018.
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) hosted an open door forum covering financial methodology for the 2017 Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model. The open door forum was held on Tuesday, April 5 from 4:00pm – 5:30pm EDT.
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Quality Payment Program (MACRA) Proposed RuleMick Brown
The Quality Payment Program, established under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), began in 2017, known as the transition year. The Program’s main goals are to:
Improve health outcomes.
Spend wisely.
Minimize burden of participation.
Be fair and transparent.
The Quality Payment Program has 2 tracks: (1) The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and (2) Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs).
Because the Quality Payment Program brings significant changes to how clinicians are paid within Medicare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is continuing to go slow and use stakeholder feedback to find ways to streamline and reduce clinician burden. CMS has engaged more than 100 stakeholder organizations and over 47,000 people since January 1, 2017 to raise awareness, solicit feedback, and help clinicians prepare to participate. Based on stakeholder feedback, CMS established transition year policies from the clinician perspective, such as:
Giving clinicians the option to choose how they’ll participate (also known as Pick Your Pace).
Having a low-volume threshold that exempts many clinicians with a low volume of Medicare
Part B payments or patients.
Allowing flexibilities for clinicians who are considered hospital-based or have limited face-to-
face encounters with patients (referred to as non-patient facing clinicians).
As the Quality Payment Program moves into the second year, CMS wants to ensure that there is meaningful measurement and the opportunity for improved patient outcomes while minimizing burden, improving coordination of care for patients, and supporting a pathway to participation in Advanced APMs.
This webinar focuses on the new financial policies featured in the ACO REACH webinar. For more information on the financial methodology for the ACO REACH Model that will be transitioned from the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) Model, please refer to prior released financial webinars available on the GPDC Model webpage.
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Regulatory Outlook: Knock MACRA Out of the ParkKareo
Review the latest changes to the regulatory landscape, including HIPAA, MACRA, and the NC HIE. Learn how these changes impact your clients and your business.
MACRA Proposed Rule: Issues & OpportunitiesPolsinelli PC
A proposed rule implementing the 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) outlines changes to the Medicare program to migrate from payment for volume to arrangements linked to quality and value. This webinar will review key provisions of the proposed rule and their impact on existing and future payment structures, including key issues, opportunities, and potential areas for comment and modification before the rule is finalized.
On our agenda:
-MACRA background and policy objectives expressed in proposed rule
-Changes to existing Medicare reimbursement programs
-Merit-Based Payment Incentive System (MIPS) program proposals
-Alternative Payment Models (AMP) proposals
-Implications, opportunities, and issues under the proposed rule
Modern Relationships Between Physicians, Hospitals, and Long-Term Care Provid...PYA, P.C.
PYA Consulting Manager Aaron Elias co-presented “Modern Relationships Between Physicians, Hospitals, and Long-Term Care Providers in a Time of Risk-Based Contracting,” along with Jeanna Palmer Gunville, a shareholder at Polsinelli.
This Medicare-Medicaid ACO Model webinar included information on the structure of the Model, Model details including beneficiary attribution, financial methodology and quality measurement options within the Model, and an explanation of data, learning and evaluation. The state-specific development and application process, including instructions for submitting letters of intent were also discussed. This webinar was open to the general public and targeted towards interested states.
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The CMS Innovation Center held the sixth in a series of webinars for potential applicants interested in applying to Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The webinar held on Thursday, July 11, 2013 from 1:00–2:00pm EDT, focused on developing payment models.
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2016 MIPS Final Rule: What you need to know NOWBen Quirk
Find out why you need to pay attention to this Final Rule and what adjustments you need to make to ensure you end up on the winning side of MIPS. It's a complicated program, and results from the Final Rule don't make it any easier.
MACRA is quickly approaching year 2. CMS recently released their 2018 Proposed Rule, and there are some significant changes everyone should be aware of.
Rather than wading through the 1,058 pages of the Proposed Rule, join CareOptimize for a look at the most important takeaways.
In less than 30 minutes, you'll learn:
Are any of your clinicians now exempt?
What is a Virtual Group, and will it save you money?
Are your practice's priorities aligned with the newly weighted categories?
How can the Proposed Rule increase your 2018 bonus?
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The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model team at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and national leaders participated in a discussion around pathways for addressing food and nutritional insecurity at webinar event of our Health Equity Incubation Program on Thursday, March 31, 2022, from 3:00-4:30 PM ET.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted an office hours session on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET to discuss the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model and its Hospice Benefit Component. Attendees received an overview of the Model and the CY 2023 application process, and had an opportunity for questions and answers with the Model team.
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The ACO REACH Model Team will hosted a health equity webinar on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. EDT. The ACO REACH Model team highlighted Health Equity provisions added to the ACO REACH Model.
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During this webinar, a high-level overview of the ACO REACH Model was provided including information on the participation and eligibility requirements, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) types, payment mechanisms, and beneficiary alignment methodology.
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The CMS Innovation Center will host a webinar on Thursday, March 10, 2022 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET. During this webinar, presenters will provide a brief review of the recently released Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the VBID Model and the Hospice Benefit Component as well as the payment design related to the Hospice Benefit Component of the VBID Model. This session will also offer attendees an opportunity to ask follow-up questions.
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This webinar provided an overview of the Model and the Part D Sponsor application process, as well as included a Q&A session for interested Part D sponsors.
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The CMS Innovation Center hosted a webinar on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 3pm – 4pm ET, during which presenters shared updates on the Comprehensive End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care (CEC) Model, the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model, and the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model. This event was available to the first 1,000 registrants. Presentation materials will be available on the respective model webpages following the session.
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The Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Model Team hosted an office hours session on Thursday February 3rd, 2022 on the Hospice Benefit Component to provide technical and operational support to interested stakeholders. During this office hours session, presenters answered questions submitted in advance to the VBID Mailbox and offered attendees an opportunity to ask additional questions.
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CMMI, in partnership with Million Hearts® at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will sponsor a webinar entitled Value-Based Insurance Design, Opportunities to Improve Medication Adherence for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention on October 21, 2021 from 3:00-4:00 PM ET. The webinar will present evidence-based high impact strategies for MAOs to improve care and outcomes for beneficiaries with cardiovascular disease (CVD), including underserved populations.
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As part of a broader partnership, CMMI, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) are jointly sponsoring a webinar titled, Unleashing the Capabilities of MAOs to Deliver Health Innovation for Older Adults in Underserved Settings on October 7 from 2:30-4:00 PM ET to highlight the emerging, numerous opportunities for MAOs to support beneficiaries in more fully meeting their care needs and goals through novel approaches and services enabled by technology.
The webinar will provide an overview of the data supporting these opportunities and will include a panel of three speakers from payer organizations, each of whom will provide an overview of their experience and results in innovating in the use of technology to address unmet enrollee health needs. Panelists include Mona Siddiqui MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Enterprise Clinical Strategy and Quality at Humana, who will discuss Humana’s approach to the use of data and predictive modeling to proactively engage and provide care for the highest risk and most vulnerable populations; John Wiecha, Medical Director, Senior Products Division at Point32Health, representing the newly combined organizations of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan will provide an overview of a recent pilot project to improve dementia care through a digital caregiver support program; and Caesar A. DeLeo, MD, MHSA Vice President & Executive Medical Director Strategic Initiatives, Highmark Health Enterprise Clinical Organization, Highmark BCBS who will discuss Highmark’s experience with telemedicine to approach substance use disorders during the pandemic and results from a five-year data driven program addressing appropriate opiate prescribing through profiling and academic detailing.
The webinar offers attendees the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the evidence and potential of several technology-enabled services in improving access, quality and outcomes of care, including, importantly, for underserved populations and will provide MAOs with insights more broadly on the challenges and solutions in design, implementation and evaluation of innovative and technology-enabled service. MAOs that are considering such innovations who may wish to target the use of technology-enabled and/or other services based on chronic illness and/or Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) status through the VBID Model are encouraged to attend.
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The ET3 Model and Medicaid: Opportunities for Alignment webinar provided background on the ET3 Model, discussed the benefits for states of aligning coverage and payment policies with ET3, and explored considerations for states seeking to implement new Medicaid services that align with the ET3 Model. This webinar was intended for state Medicaid agencies, ET3 Model Participants, and other stakeholders interested in learning more about optional Medicaid alignment with the ET3 Model.
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CMS announced an Office Hour event for potential applicants to ask questions ahead of the PCF application deadline.
The PCF Model Team was available to answer questions on key topics including eligibility, payment design and attribution, and more.
You may also refer to the materials from the two PCF webinars held in March: Introduction to PCF and Ready, Set, Apply.
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2. 2
Agenda
• Model Overview
– Principles, Scope, and General
Approach
• Financial Model
– Benchmark
– Risk Arrangements
– Payment Mechanisms
• ACO Entities
– Next Generation
Providers/Suppliers, Preferred
Providers, and Affiliates
– Program Overlap
• Beneficiary Engagement
– Alignment
– Voluntary Alignment
– Benefit Enhancements
• Program Reporting
– Quality
– Monitoring and Compliance
– Data Sharing and Reports
• Evaluation
• Learning System
3. Next Generation ACO Model
3
• Authorized under Section 1115A of the Social Security Act (added by
Section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act) that established the Center
for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test innovative
health care payment and service delivery models that have the
potential to lower Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP spending while
maintaining or improving the quality of beneficiaries’ care.
• A new opportunity in accountable care:
– More predictable financial targets;
– Greater opportunities to coordinate care;
– High quality standards consistent with other Medicare programs
and models.
• The Model seeks to test how strong financial incentives for ACOs can
improve health outcomes and reduce growth in expenditures for
Original Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries.
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Model Principles
• Protect Medicare FFS beneficiaries’ freedom of choice;
• Create a financial model with long-term sustainability;
• Use a prospectively-set benchmark that:
– Rewards quality;
– Rewards both attainment of and improvement in efficiency; and
– Ultimately transitions away from updating benchmarks based on
ACO’s recent expenditures;
• Offer benefit enhancements that directly improve the patient
experience and support coordinated care;
• Allow beneficiaries a choice to remain aligned to the ACO;
– Mitigates fluctuations in aligned beneficiary populations
– Respects beneficiary preferences;
• Smooth ACO cash flow and improve investment capabilities through
alternative payment mechanisms.
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Model Scope
• 15 to 20 ACOs
• Representation from a variety of provider organization
types and geographic regions.
• Minimum aligned beneficiaries: 10,000 (7,500 for rural
ACOs).
• Two opportunities to apply:
– First application due June 1, 2015 for January 1, 2016
start date
– Second application due June 1, 2016 for January 1,
2017 start date.
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Duration of Agreement
• First cycle ACOs:
– Three initial 12-month performance years.
– First performance year: January 1, 2016 – December 31,
2016.
• Second cycle ACOs
– Two initial 12-month performance years.
– First performance year: January 1, 2017 – December 31,
2017.
• Following initial performance years, all ACOs have
potential for two 12-month extensions (calendar years
2019 and 2020).
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Financial Model
• Model Overview
– Principles, Scope, and General
Approach
• Financial Model
– Benchmark
– Risk Arrangements
– Payment Mechanisms
• ACO Entities
– Next Generation
Providers/Suppliers, Preferred
Providers, and Affiliates
– Program Overlap
• Beneficiary Engagement
– Alignment
– Voluntary Alignment
– Benefit Enhancements
• Program Reporting
– Quality
– Monitoring and Compliance
– Data Sharing and Reports
• Evaluation
• Learning System
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Financial Goals and Opportunities
Goals:
• Increased ACO financial risk;
• Long-term fiscal sustainability;
• Benchmark predictability and stability.
ACO Opportunities:
1) Greater financial risk coupled with a greater portion of
savings;
2) Flexible payment options that support ACO investments in
care improvement infrastructure to provide high quality care
to patients.
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Prospective Benchmark
(2016-2018)
The Benchmark will be prospectively set prior to the performance year using the
following four steps:
Baseline
Determine ACO’s
baseline using
one-year of
historical baseline
expenditures.
Trend
Trend the baseline
forward using a regional
projected trend.
Risk
Adjustment
The full HCC risk score will be
used and allowed to grow by
3% between the baseline and
the given performance year.
Discount
Apply discount
derived from
quality and
efficiency
adjustments.
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Trend (2016-2018)
The baseline will be trended forward using a
regional projected trend:
– National projected trend similar to that currently
used in Medicare Advantage (MA).
– Regional prices applied to the national trend.
– Under limited circumstances, CMS may adjust the
trend in response to payment changes with
substantial expected impact (negative or positive)
on ACO expenditures.
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Risk Adjustment (2016-2018)
• The Next Generation ACO benchmark is cross-
sectional:
– Alignment algorithm applied separately to baseline year
and performance year;
– Populations in these two time periods may be different.
• Prospective CMS Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC)
risk scores will be applied to both baseline and
performance year populations.
• ACO’s full HCC risk score will be allowed to grow with a
3% cap (performance year compared to the baseline).
Decrease in HCC risk score will also be capped at 3%.
12. Discount (2016-2018)
• Once the baseline has been calculated, trended, and risk-adjusted,
CMS will apply a discount.
• Summing the following components creates each ACO’s discount:
– Quality:
• Range: 2.0% to 3.0%
• Formula: [2.0 + (1- quality score)]%
– Regional Efficiency:
• Range: -1% to 1%
• Compares the ACO’s risk-adjusted historical per capita baseline to a risk-
adjusted regional FFS per capita baseline.
– National Efficiency:
• Range: -0.5% to 0.5%
• Compares the risk-adjusted regional FFS baseline to risk-adjusted national FFS
per capita spending.
• Total discount range: 0.5% to 4.5%
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Alternative Benchmark Methodology
(2019-2020)
• Principles for alternative benchmark methodology :
– Eliminate or further de-emphasize the role of recent ACO cost experience
when updating the baseline;
– Take into account public comments received in response to the Shared
Savings Program Notice of Public Rulemaking (NPRM) on alternative
benchmark approaches;
– Shift to valuing attainment more heavily than year-over-year
improvement;
– Consider the use of a normative trend;
– Continue to refine risk adjustment for beneficiary characteristics that
balances changes in disease burden against more complete coding;
– Consider adjustments reflecting geographic differences in utilization or
price changes.
• CMS intends to provide additional detail by the end of 2017.
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Risk Arrangements
Arrangement A: Increased Shared Risk Arrangement B: Full Performance Risk
Parts A and B Shared Risk
• 80% sharing rate (PY1-3, 2016-2018)
• 85% sharing rate (PY4-5, 2019-2020)
• 15% savings/losses cap
• Discount
100% Risk for Parts A and B
• 15% savings/losses cap
• Discount
• Benchmarks calculated the same way for both arrangements.
• Different sharing rates affect ACO risk.
• For both arrangements, individual beneficiary expenditures
capped at the 99th percentile of expenditures to moderate
outlier effects.
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Payment Mechanisms
Payment Mechanism 1:
Normal FFS
Payment Mechanism 2:
Normal FFS + Monthly
Infrastructure Payment
Payment Mechanism 3:
Population-Based
Payments (PBP)
Payment Mechanism 4:
Capitation (2017)
Medicare payment
through usual FFS
process.
Medicare payment
through usual FFS
process plus additional
PBPM payment to ACO.
Medicare payment
redistributed through
reduced FFS and PBPM
payment to ACO.
Medicare payment
through capitation;
ACO responsible for
paying ACO
Provider/Supplier and
Capitation Affiliate
claims
• Goals of payment mechanisms:
⁻ Offer ACOs the opportunity for stable and predictable cash flow; and
⁻ Facilitate investment in infrastructure and care coordination.
• Alternative payment flows do not affect beneficiary out-of-pocket expenses
or net CMS expenditures.
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Infrastructure Payments
• All claims paid through normal FFS
reimbursement.
• The ACO chooses an additional per-beneficiary
per-month (PBPM) payment unrelated to claims.
• Maximum payment rate: $6 PBPM
• All infrastructure payments will be recouped in
full from the ACO during reconciliation regardless
of savings or losses.
• Sufficiently large financial guarantee required to
assure repayments to CMS.
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Population Based Payments (PBP)
• ACO determines a percentage reduction to the base
FFS payments of its ACO Providers/Suppliers.
• ACO may opt to apply a different percentage reduction
to different subsets of its ACO Providers/Suppliers.
• ACO Providers/Suppliers participating in PBP must
agree in writing to the percentage reduction.
• CMS will pay the projected total annual amount taken
out of the base FFS rates to the ACO in monthly
payments.
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Capitation (available in 2017)
• CMS will estimate total annual expenditures for Next Generation
Beneficiaries and pay that projected amount to the ACO in a PBPM
payment.
• Some money withheld to cover anticipated care by non-ACO providers
and suppliers.
• ACO responsible for paying claims for its Providers/Suppliers and
Capitation Affiliates.
• Claims process:
– All providers and suppliers submit claims to CMS as normal
– CMS sends ACOs claims information for those services
– ACO responsible for making payments.
• CMS will continue to pay normal FFS claims for care furnished to Next
Generation Beneficiaries by providers and suppliers not covered by a
Next Generation capitation agreement.
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Financial Reconciliation
• Savings or losses determined by comparing total Parts A
and B spending for aligned beneficiaries to the benchmark.
– Individual expenditures capped at the 99th percentile.
• Risk arrangement determines ACO’s share of savings or
losses.
• Annual savings payment or losses recoupment occurs
following a year-end financial reconciliation.
• Additional accounting for monthly payments that occurred
during the performance year through PBP, infrastructure
payments, or capitation.
– May result in monies owed from CMS to the ACO, or vice versa.
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Financial Guarantees
• ACOs required to have in place a financial
guarantee sufficient to cover potential losses.
• ACOs participating in infrastructure payments
required to have a larger financial guarantee.
• ACOs required to comply with all applicable
state laws and regulations regarding provider-
based risk-bearing entities.
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ACO Entities
• Model Overview
– Principles, Scope, and General
Approach
• Financial Model
– Benchmark
– Risk Arrangements
– Payment Mechanisms
• ACO Entities
– Next Generation
Providers/Suppliers, Preferred
Providers, and Affiliates
– Program Overlap
• Beneficiary Engagement
– Alignment
– Voluntary Alignment
– Benefit Enhancements
• Program Reporting
– Quality
– Monitoring and Compliance
– Data Sharing and Reports
• Evaluation
• Learning System
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Eligible Providers/Suppliers
• Next Generation ACOs may be formed by Medicare-enrolled
providers and/or suppliers structured as:
– Physicians or other practitioners in group practice arrangements
– Networks of individual practices of physicians or other practitioners
– Hospitals employing physicians or other practitioners
– Partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and
physicians or other practitioners
– Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
– Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)
– Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
• Any other Medicare-enrolled providers/suppliers may
participate in an ACO formed by one or more of the entities
listed above.
23. 23
Next Generation Preferred Providers
• Goal: Contribute to ACO goals by extending and facilitating
valuable care relationships beyond the ACO:
– ACO-selected set of partners to contribute to ACO goals;
– May offer an ACO’s benefit enhancements to aligned
beneficiaries;
– Services delivered to Next Generation Beneficiaries count
toward the coordinated care reward calculation (direct
payments made to beneficiaries by CMS);
– Preferred Providers will NOT be associated with beneficiary
alignment or used for quality reporting by the ACO;
– Preferred Providers may also be Affiliates in order to participate
in the capitation payment mechanism or the SNF 3-Day Rule
waiver.
24. 24
Next Generation Affiliates
• Two types of ACO partner entities associated with
specific Next Generation design elements:
– Capitation Affiliates
– SNF Affiliates
• Goal: extend and advance ACO cost and quality
goals.
• Affiliate care counts toward the coordinated care
reward calculation.
• Preferred Providers may also be Affiliates.
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Types of Next Generation Entities and
Associated Functions1
1 This table is a simplified depiction of key design elements with respect to provider and supplier roles. It does not necessarily imply that
this list of capabilities is exhaustive with regards to possible ACO relationships and activities.
2 Providers/Suppliers may NOT also be any of the other three entity types. However, Preferred Providers, Capitation Affiliates, and SNF
Affiliates are not mutually exclusive with respect to each other. For instance, a Preferred Provider may also be a Capitation Affiliate but not
a Provider/Supplier.
3 There are two distinct roles involved in the 3-Day SNF Rule benefit enhancement: (1) admitting practitioners; and (2) SNFs. Admitting
practitioners must either be Next Generation Providers/Suppliers or Preferred Providers. SNFs may be Next Generation Providers/Suppliers
or SNF Affiliates. More information on the benefit enhancement may be found in Section VI.C.2. of the RFA.
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Examples of ACO Relationships
Preferred Provider
Capitation Affiliate
ACO
SNF
SNF
PCP
Specialist
This is a sample of some
of the many possible
relationships an ACO
may have with non-
Provider/Supplier
entities. Each line
depicts one type of
relationship between
the entity and the ACO.
27. 27
Program Overlap
• With other Medicare models and programs:
– Participation in other demonstrations or models generally allowed;
– Next Generation ACOs NOT allowed to simultaneously participate in other
Medicare shared savings initiatives (e.g., Shared Savings Program, Pioneer
ACO Model)
– Next Generation Provider/Supplier TINs may not overlap with Shared Savings
Program TINs.
– Preferred Provider and Affiliate TINs may overlap with Shared Savings Program
TINs.
• Within the Model:
– Primary care providers may be Providers/Suppliers in only one Next
Generation ACO.
– Specialists may be Providers/Suppliers in more than one Next Generation ACO.
– Preferred Providers and Affiliates are not required to be exclusive to any one
Next Generation ACO.
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Beneficiary Engagement
• Model Overview
– Principles, Scope, and General
Approach
• Financial Model
– Benchmark
– Risk Arrangements
– Payment Mechanisms
• ACO Entities
– Next Generation
Providers/Suppliers, Preferred
Providers, and Affiliates
– Program Overlap
• Beneficiary Engagement
– Alignment
– Voluntary Alignment
– Benefit Enhancements
• Program Reporting
– Quality
– Monitoring and Compliance
– Data Sharing and Reports
• Evaluation
• Learning System
29. 29
Beneficiary Engagement Overview
• Encourage greater care coordination and closer care
relationships between the ACO and beneficiaries:
– Supporting meaningful discussions and considerations
about care through the voluntary alignment process.
– Enhancing services beneficiaries can receive from
ACOs.
– Offering a coordinated care reward directly from CMS
for beneficiaries seeking care from Next Generation
Providers/Suppliers, Preferred Providers, and Affiliates
30. 30
Beneficiary Alignment
• Two-stage alignment methodology to prospectively align
beneficiaries
– No change from Pioneer Model methodology;
– Based on plurality of evaluation and management (E&M) services.
• Stage 1: Assess percentage of each beneficiary’s outpatient E&M
services delivered by Next Generation Providers/Suppliers in select
primary care specialties. Beneficiaries with such ACO services
comprising a plurality of their total care will be aligned to the ACO
for the subsequent year.
• Stage 2: For beneficiaries with less than 10 percent of their E&M
services delivered by Next Generation ACO primary care providers,
alignment may be based on E&M services provided by practitioners
with certain non-primary care specialties.
31. 31
Voluntary Alignment
• Augments claims-based alignment by allowing beneficiaries a
decision in their alignment to an ACO.
– Available to currently- or previously-aligned beneficiaries.
– During each PY, beneficiaries will have the opportunity to voluntarily
align for the subsequent PY.
• ACOs may select the mode(s) of beneficiary confirmation.
• Direct provider-beneficiary communication about voluntary
alignment allowed.
• Additional resources for beneficiaries:
– 1-800-MEDICARE;
– Regional offices;
– State Health Insurance Assistance Program counselors.
• Voluntary alignment decisions from other ACO programs/models in
2015 will be retained for ACOs that transition into the Next
Generation Model for PY1.
32. 32
Potential Refinements
to Voluntary Alignment
• In later years of the Model, CMS may:
– Make alignment accessible to a broader group of
Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of current or
previous alignment;
– Include affirmation of a general care relationship
between beneficiaries and ACOs, instead of between
beneficiaries and specific providers; and/or
– Allow beneficiaries to opt out of alignment to a
particular ACO in addition to opting into ACO
alignment.
33. 33
Benefit Enhancements
• Medicare payment rule waivers designed to
improve care coordination and cost saving
capabilities:
– Telehealth expansion
– Post-discharge home visits
– 3-Day SNF Rule waiver
• ACO may decide which, if any, to implement.
• For each, ACOs must submit an implementation
plan describing how the ACO will utilize, monitor,
and report on the benefit enhancement.
34. 34
Telehealth Expansion
• Elimination of geographic (rural) component
of originating site requirements.
• Beneficiaries may receive certain telehealth
services from place of residence.
• Telehealth services (CPT and HCPCS codes)
unchanged.
35. 35
Post-Discharge Home Visits
• A licensed clinician under the general – instead of
direct – supervision of a Next Generation
Provider/Supplier or Preferred Provider may bill
for “incident to” services at an aligned
beneficiary’s home.
• Such services may be furnished not more than
one time in the first 10 days following discharge
from an inpatient facility (hospital, CAH, SNF, IRF)
and not more than one time in the subsequent
20 days.
36. 36
SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver
• Eliminate the requirement of a 3-day inpatient
stay prior to SNF admission.
• Similar to Pioneer Model
– Available to aligned beneficiaries admitted by Next
Generation Providers/Suppliers or Preferred Providers
to eligible and CMS-approved SNF Affiliates.
– Clinical criteria for admission, e.g., beneficiary must
be medically stable with confirmed diagnosis of skilled
nursing/rehab need.
37. 37
Beneficiary Coordinated Care Reward
• All Next Generation Beneficiary automatically eligible.
• CMS will notify beneficiaries of their eligibility for a reward
and refer them to lists of the ACO’s Provider/Suppliers,
Preferred Providers, and Affiliates.
• Reward earned if at least a specified percentage of patient
encounters are with Next Generation Providers/Suppliers,
Preferred Providers, and Affiliates.
• Payment made directly to beneficiaries from CMS.
• Projected values:
– Reward amount: $50/year ($25 available semi-annually).
– Reward threshold: 50% of patient encounters with ACO entities.
– Values may change due to actuarial analysis
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Program Reporting
• Model Overview
– Principles, Scope, and General
Approach
• Financial Model
– Benchmark
– Risk Arrangements
– Payment Mechanisms
• ACO Entities
– Next Generation
Providers/Suppliers, Preferred
Providers, and Affiliates
– Program Overlap
• Beneficiary Engagement
– Alignment
– Voluntary Alignment
– Benefit Enhancements
• Program Reporting
– Quality
– Monitoring and Compliance
– Data Sharing and Reports
• Evaluation
• Learning System
39. 39
Quality
• The Model will follow Shared Savings Program quality
domains, measures, benchmarking methodology, sampling,
and scoring.
– Exception: the measure set will not include the electronic health
record (EHR) measure.
• Pay-for-reporting in PY1;
• Pay-for-performance PY2 and later.
– In PY1, 100% will be used as the quality score when calculating
the discount prior to the start of the year.
– In PY2, the score from the quality data reported for PY1 will be
used in calculating the quality component of the discount.
– In PY3 and later, the score from the quality data reported from 2
years prior will be used in calculating the quality component of
the discount but ACOs will have the opportunity to use the
score from 1 year prior if it is higher.
40. 40
Monitoring and Compliance
• Plan designed to protect beneficiaries and
address potential program integrity risks.
• New risks require additional safeguards.
• ACOs required to have a compliance officer and
develop a compliance plan to be approved by
CMS.
• Noncompliance with the terms of the
participation agreement will result in corrective
actions based on the type of issue, severity, and
the ACO’s compliance record.
41. 41
Data Sharing
• CMS will share Medicare data to support care
coordination and quality improvement efforts.
• ACOs must enter into a Data Use Agreement with CMS
prior to receiving any data.
• ACOs not required to notify beneficiaries of data
sharing opt-out option.
– ACOs will notify beneficiaries of data sharing and respond
to inquiring beneficiaries that they may opt out via 1-800-
Medicare;
– Model will honor previous data sharing opt-out decisions
by beneficiaries, but these decisions may be reversed
through 1-800-Medicare.
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Reports
• CMS will provide Next Generation ACOs with data
and reports on a regular basis.
• Support ACO analysis of ongoing performance and
strategy.
• Reports may include, but are not limited to:
– Baseline and Benchmark Reports;
– Quarterly and Annual Utilization;
– Monthly Expenditures; and
– Beneficiary Alignment.
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Evaluation and Learning
• Model Overview
– Principles, Scope, and General
Approach
• Financial Model
– Benchmark
– Risk Arrangements
– Payment Mechanisms
• ACO Entities
– Next Generation
Providers/Suppliers, Preferred
Providers, and Affiliates
– Program Overlap
• Beneficiary Engagement
– Alignment
– Voluntary Alignment
– Benefit Enhancements
• Program Reporting
– Quality
– Monitoring and Compliance
– Data Sharing and Reports
• Evaluation
• Learning System
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Evaluation
• ACOs must cooperate with independent evaluation of the Model.
• Assess the impact of the Model on the goals of better health, better
health care, and lower costs.
• Evaluation may include:
– Participation in surveys;
– Interviews;
– Site visits; and
– Other activities determined necessary by CMS.
• Evaluation seeks to understand, among other areas:
– Behaviors of providers and beneficiaries;
– Impacts of increased financial risk;
– Effects of payment mechanisms and benefit enhancements;
– Impact on beneficiary engagement and experience.
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Learning and Diffusion
• Accelerating ACO progress through a “learning system.”
• CMS will provide opportunities to learn about and share
experiences.
• Learning system will use various group learning approaches to help
ACOs:
– Share experiences;
– Track progress; and
– Rapidly adopt new methods for improving quality, efficiency, and
population health.
• Next Generation ACOs will actively participate in the learning
system:
– Attending periodic conference calls and meetings;
– Actively sharing tools and ideas through an online collaboration site.
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Letter of Intent/Application
Information for January 1, 2016 Start
• LOI accessible via Model website:
http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Next-
Generation-ACO-Model/
– LOI deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, May 1, 2015.
• Application accessible via Model website:
http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Next-
Generation-ACO-Model/
– Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 1,
2015.
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Questions?
Next Generation ACO Model Webpage:
http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Next-Generation-
ACO-Model/
E-mail: NextGenerationACOModel@cms.hhs.gov