Transcript Medicaid Section 1115 Waiver Overview
Medicaid Section 1115 Waiver Overview
Michelle Apodaca, J.D.
Stacy E. Wilson, J.D.
April 20, 2012
Why A Waiver?
Upper Payment Limit Program - $2.7 billion/year Eliminated due to statewide expansion of managed care Need to save supplemental funding to hospitals
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Why This Waiver?
California received a waiver as a pathway to health reform HHSC negotiated a waiver that both saves UPL payments and incentivizes change and improvement to healthcare delivery system
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What Does This Waiver Do?
Brings the opportunity for more money ($29 billion over 5 years vs. $14 billion under UPL) Budget neutral to the federal government Creates two funding pools – Uncompensated Care Pool – Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Pool
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Uncompensated Care Pool Pays hospitals for cost of care not compensated by Medicaid directly or through DSH Inpatient Outpatient
Pharmacy Clinic Physician
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Waiver Pool
Hospitals eligible for funding must commit to investing in system transformation Hospitals must participate in a regional healthcare partnership to receive funds from either pool Delivery System Reform Incentive Pool Pays hospitals for achieving metrics that move toward the triple aim
Category 1 – Infrastructure Development Category 2 – Program Innovation & Redesign Category 3 – Quality Improvements Category 4 – Population Focused Improvements
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Regional Partnerships
19 regions proposed based on UPL affiliations and feedback Each region will have – Anchor – Funding public entities – Participating hospitals
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RHP Participants
Duties – Anchors Administrative functions Interface between RHP and HHSC Do not dictate how transferring entities spend their money – Transferring entities Fund waiver payments Help select DSRIP projects
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Participating Hospitals
Be an RHP member Work on incentive projects Provide expense alleviation for public entity to create IGT capacity
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Uncompensated Care Pool
Uncompensated Care – Supplements hospitals for Medicaid underpayment and uninsured – Additional categories of costs can be claimed Physicians Clinics Pharmacies
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DSRIP Pool
Project categories – Infrastructure Development • Enhance access to care – Program Innovation & Redesign • Medical homes – Quality Improvements • Preventable readmissions – Population-Focused Improvement • Diabetes, preventive care
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RHP Plans
Draft template released by HHSC – RHP Organization – Executive Overview – Community Needs Assessment – Stakeholder Engagement – Incentive Projects – Allocation of Funds – Affiliation Agreements Public input into plan
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State Fiscal Year 2012 – transition payments based on prior UPL payments March 2012 – HHSC submitted UC Tool to CMS April – HHSC has distributed DSRIP draft project menu May 1 – RHPs to submit RHP areas and participants to HHSC August 31 – HHSC to submit RHP areas and participants and DSRIP project menu to CMS Sept. 1 - RHPs to submit plans to HHSC October 31 – HHSC to submit final RHP Plans to CMS
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Opportunities
Scorecard on Local Health System Performance
Challenges
Aggressive timeline Many vital pieces still under development IGT capacity - sufficient local dollars to access available federal funds Politics Balance between structure and flexibility
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Resources
HHSC website: http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/1115-waiver.shtml
THA website: http://www.tha.org/waiver Harris County Hospital District’s waiver website: http://www.1115waiver.com
Stacy E. Wilson - 465-1027; [email protected]
Michelle Apodaca – 465-1506; [email protected]
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