North Carolina’s Dual Eligible Beneficiary Integrated Delivery Model Overview April 16, 2012
Integrated Delivery Model Goals Improve responsiveness to beneficiary goals, Improve care quality, and Achieve shared savings
Strategic Framework Development Process Why: Design a model to integrate Medicare and Medicaid services and supports to dual eligible beneficiaries Who: 180 + volunteers including beneficiaries and more than 50 agencies & organizations What: Define what works well, what needs improvement
Acknowledges Individual differences in quality of life goals, Wisdom of preventive services/quality care, Need for flexibility to meet individual beneficiary goals to accommodate variation in the availability of natural supports and community resources
Building on Strengths Existing statewide medical home and population management strategy Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) has 14 regional Networks In top 10 percent nationally on quality of diabetes, asthma, and heart disease care
Beneficiary Centered Medical Homes Work with beneficiaries as they define and refine their goals Physician led medical home teams to assist in the achievement of goals
Phase 1 Development Medical homes for dual eligible nursing home and adult care home residents Independent assessment & functional need-based process for resource allocation Beneficiary and other stakeholders Work Groups to: Continue to refine the model, Guide implementation & evaluation and Design & implement community education
Community Education & Dialog Topics Medical home and model quality monitoring Beneficiary goal setting and team dynamics Importance of advance directives to specify personal preferences for instances when unable to express preferences yourself about physical health care and/or mental health care
Phase 2 – With Shared Savings Realign financial and regulatory incentives to: Build capacity & expand service and support options Establish new working relationships and information sharing, and Encourage broader use of actionable data
Proposal Review Process March - April NC Public Comment and Editing Period May 2 May - June Federal Public Comment and Review Period July - August CMS/NC Memorandum of Understanding Developed NC Proposal Submitted to CMS
Implementation Time Line Fall 2012 CMS/NC Negotiate Agreements Readiness Review Notifications 2013 Phase 1 – 18 months ACH/NH Residents Develop Independent Assessment & $$ Allocation Process Community Education/Dialog Phase 2 est. Mid -2014 & 2015 Shared Savings Become Available Information Sharing & Capacity Incentives Assess & Allocation Process Implemented/ More Flexible Use of Funds