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by State Medicaid programs, Medicare Health Plans (including Medicare Advantage, Medicare-Medicaid Plans, 1876 and 1833 Cost Plans, and Programs of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) plans), or commercial or other private payers with payment arrangements in a CMS Multi-Payer Model |
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Instructions for Completing and Submitting this Form |
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NOTE: Please be sure to save your work before navigating away from each page as any unsaved work will be lost. Additionally, the application times out after 30 minutes of inactivity. |
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A separate submission must be completed for each payment arrangement the [payer/state] is submitting. |
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Helpful Links: |
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- QPP All-Payer Submission Form User Guide |
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- Are you submitting a form for an Other Payer Advanced APM? |
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[State Name] ACO Model), or terminology used to refer to the payment arrangement: [TEXT BOX] |
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documentation is required to support the answers provided above. Please note the attached document(s) and page number(s) that contain this information. [TEXT BOX] |
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Payment Arrangement |
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Note: Please upload all documents that you will reference when completing this submission. All sections of this form require documentation to verify the information provided in those sections. Documentation that will be referenced in any and all sections should be uploaded here. |
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payment arrangement: [TEXT BOX] |
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payment arrangement (e.g. primary care physicians, specialty group practices, etc.)? . |
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Select the QP Performance Period for which this payment arrangement determination is being requested. |
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is required to support the answers provided above. Please |
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Medicaid Medical Home Model means a payment arrangement under title XIX that CMS determines by the following characteristics. |
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, and cite the supporting document(s) and page number(s) that contain this information regarding each requirement. Briefly explain how each criterion is satisfied in the payment arrangement. |
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the APM Entity's fails to meet or exceed one or more specified performance standards |
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Author | Adam Conway |
File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
File Created | 2021-01-21 |