CMS Region 7 Call on Accountable Health Communities on Tuesday, March 1 at 1pm CT (12noon MT)
On Tuesday, March 1st, at 1:00 pm, the Kansas City Regional Office will be holding a stakeholder call to discuss the recently announced Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model. The AHC Model is intended to address the critical gap between clinical care and community services in the current healthcare delivery system. Unmet health-related social needs, such as food insecurity and inadequate or unstable housing, may increase the risk of developing chronic conditions, reduce individuals’ ability to manage these conditions, increase health care costs, and lead to avoidable health care utilization. The AHC model will test whether increased awareness of, and access to, services addressing health-related social needs will impact total health care costs and improve the health and quality of care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in targeted communities.
CMS will support up to 44 cooperative agreements as part of this model, with awards ranging from up to $1 million in Track 1 of the model, to up to $4.51 million in Track 3.
Eligible applicants are community-based organizations, health care practices, hospitals and health systems, institutions of higher education, local government entities, tribal organizations, and for-profit and not-for-profit local and national entities with the capacity to develop and maintain a referral network with clinical delivery sites and community service providers. Applicants from all 50 states, U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia may apply.
Attached, please find a Fact Sheet on the AHC Model. These calls will be for discussion only. As this is an open funding opportunity, we will not be able to answer questions directly over the phone. All questions, however, will be collected and sent to subject matter experts for response. For specific questions not answered in the Fact Sheet or the Funding Opportunity Announcement, you may also send an email to AccountableHealthCommunities@cms.hhs.gov.
What: CMS Region 7 Call on Accountable Health Communities
When: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 @ 1:00 pm Central Time
Call-in #: 1-877-267-1577 / Meeting Number: 999 517 656
URL: https://meetings.cms.gov/orion/joinmeeting.do?MeetingKey=999517656
RSVP Is Not Required