The Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care
Practice (MAPCP) Demonstration was announced by Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius in September 2009 to allow Medicare to join state Medicaid
programs and private insurers in participating states to improve
the delivery of primary care. CMS selected eight states to
participate in this demonstration: Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island,
New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota.
CMS is conducting an evaluation of the demonstration to assess the
effects of advanced primary care practice when supported by
Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. As part of this
evaluation,in-person focus groups with beneficiaries and their
caregivers will be conducted. Six focus groups will be conducted in
each of the eight participating states, spread across Medicare and
Medicaid beneficiaries and caregivers of beneficiaries. Special
populations ineach participating state (e.g., persons with chronic
illnesses, mental illnesses, and disabilities; Medicare and
Medicaid dual eligibles; and people living in rural or inner-city
areas) will be represented.
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