Community Based Care Transition Program Awards Funds to Find New Ways to Improve Care for People with Medicare
On Fri Nov 18, CMS announced the first sites selected for the Community Based Care Transition Program (CCTP). The CCTP is an initiative of the Partnership for Patients, a new public-private partnership created by the Affordable Care Act. CCTP's goals are to reduce hospital readmissions, test sustainable funding streams for care transition services, maintain or improve quality of care, and document measureable savings to the Medicare program. The demonstration will be conducted under the authority of Section 3026 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The CMS Innovation Center will also be holding a conference call on Tue Nov 29 from 1-2:30pm to allow stakeholders to hear directly from some of the newly selected sites. We will also have CMS staff available to answer questions. Call in number: 1-800-837-1936 Conference ID: 29693317. Click here for the first site selections for the Community Based Care Transitions Program: http://www.CMS.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts/downloads/CCTP_FirstSiteSelections.pdf<http://www.cms.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts/downloads/CCTP_FirstSiteSelections.pdf>. Comments or questions can be sent to: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more information about the Community Based Care Transitions Program, visit http://go.CMS.gov/caretransitions<http://go.cms.gov/caretransitions>. Each Office Visit is an Opportunity. Medicare patients give many reasons for not getting their annual flu vaccination, but the fact is that flu seasons are unpredictable and can be severe. Each year, it is estimated that 90 percent of seasonal flu-related deaths and more than 60 percent of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations occur in people 65 years and older. Please talk with your Medicare patients about the importance of getting their annual flu vaccination. And remember, vaccination is important for healthcare workers too, who may spread the flu to high risk patients. Don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccine-Not the Flu. Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug. For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and http://www.cms.gov/immunizations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
