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Bundled Payments for Care Improvement: Application Consideration for Models 2-4 Patient Care Models Group Innovation Center Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services September 12 th , 2012 Presenters Jeffrey Clough, MD, MBA, Patient


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Bundled Payments for Care Improvement: Application Consideration for Models 2-4

Patient Care Models Group Innovation Center Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services September 12th, 2012

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Presenters

  • Jeffrey Clough, MD, MBA, Patient Care Models Group
  • Amy Harbaugh, MBA , Patient Care Models Group
  • Pamela M. Pelizzari, MPH, Patient Care Models Group
  • Elizabeth Truong, MHS, Patient Care Models Group

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Thank you

Thank you for your continued engagement in this initiative. We have received an enthusiastic response from providers across the country, and we look forward to working with you in the coming months.

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Agenda

  • Timeline
  • Episode convergence
  • Questions

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Timeline for Application Consideration

  • Late September, 2012: External expert review panels

review and provide recommendations to CMS on each application

  • Early October, 2012: CMMI staff initiates group and

individual discussions with candidate awardees (derived from panel recommendations combined with CMS program judgment)

  • Late October, 2012: CMMI staff engages in work to

address questions and issues raised by candidate awardees

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Timeline for Application Consideration

  • Next steps commence: Recommended awardee vetting

and clearance of model plan by federal agencies

  • Model 2,3, and 4 agreements shared and discussed with

recommended awardees

  • Agreements signed; implementation begins

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Episode Convergence

  • Diversity of proposed episodes
  • Operational need for convergence
  • Informed by applications submitted and CMS

program policy objectives

  • Topics will be discussed in various formats

during candidate interviews and throughout the process

  • CMMI plans for significant engagement with

candidates in the coming months

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Episode Convergence

  • Anchor Clinical Conditions
  • Part A and Part B Exclusions
  • Episode Length

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Episode Convergence

  • Methodology for determining the target price and

performing payment reconciliation

– Addressing outlier cases – Approach to MS-DRGs with small numbers of episodes – Trending target prices into performance years

  • Risk-adjustment

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Episode Convergence

  • Beneficiary exclusion
  • Proration methodology

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Episode Convergence

  • Discount Percentage
  • Waivers

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Further specific questions and issues identified by candidate awardees

We will address these following the early October communication with candidate awardees (applicants who reach the next stage of consideration). We look forward to hearing from you.

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Questions? At this time, we will accept questions via the chat feature on your screen.

For further questions, please email BundledPayments@cms.hhs.gov

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