Opportunities Knock for Post-acute Providers- August 2012

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the latest winners of funding for the Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP). The goals of the CCTP are to improve transitions of beneficiaries from the inpatient hospital setting to other care settings; improve quality of care; reduce readmissions for high risk beneficiaries; and to document measurable savings to the Medicare program.

Community-based Organizations (CBOs) will use care transition services to effectively manage Medicare patients' transitions and improve their quality of care. Up to $500 million in total funding is available for 2011 through 2015. To learn more about all-inclusive payments and how to apply, click here.

There are eight  winners in New York, including these latest ones from round three:

1. The Eddy Visiting Nurse Association (under the Home Aide Service of Eastern New York, Inc.) -will coordinate with four local Offices for the Aging, the Columbia Rural Health Consortium, Greene County Long Term Care Council and five hospitals;
2. Mt. Sinai Hospital and Mt. Sinai Hospital in Queens will partner with the Institute for Family Health;
3. New York Methodist Hospital will partner with five skilled nursing facilities, two home health agencies, the Brooklyn Housecall Program and the Heights and Hills of Brooklyn; and
4. Visiting Nurse Service of Schenectady & Saratoga Counties, Inc. (VNS) will partner with six CBOs and eight hospitals.

Contact: Cheryl Udell, cudell@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871