State Innovation Models Initiative: Model Pre-Testing Project Profiles - State of New York

State of New York

Geographic Reach: New York
Funding Amount: $1,000,000

Summary

Over the next 6 months, the State of New York is receiving a Pre-Testing Assistance Award of $1,000,000 to further develop and refine its comprehensive State Health Care Innovation Plan. Funding will be subject to successful completion of the terms and conditions for the State Innovation Model initiative.

The state of New York is receiving a Pre-Testing Award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to further develop and refine its comprehensive State Health Care Innovation Plan.

New York has proposed to test six different components of the comprehensive plan, including: First Episodic Psychosis (FEP) Teams; Extended Care Transitions support; Community-Based Care Management for Older Adults; Transitioning to Community-Based Care for Institutionalized People with Developmental Disabilities; Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs); and Regional Quality Improvement Collaboratives.  

Related HIT improvements would focus on: promoting electronic health record adoption; expanding provider access to data; creating an All Payer Database for claims data; developing data-driven care management tools; and creating monitoring systems that will collect and aggregate health, quality, and cost indicators for each care model.

New York submitted a Pre-Testing Assistance Award request also to support activities related to organizing collaboration with statewide and regional stakeholders; quantifying and describing the current health care environment in New York; and completing legal, regulatory and policy and cost analyses relating to implementation of new payment and service delivery models. The state plans to convene a series of stakeholder meetings in various regions across the state including meetings in: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, New York city and Albany. Working with a consultant, the state will also collect and analyze health care pattern utilization data for public and private payers; conduct business process and systems analyses; and develop quality improvement systems, performance standards and related metrics. The proposal meets the requirements set forth in the Funding Opportunity Announcement and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recommends this applicant for a Pre-Testing Assistance Award.

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