Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two

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This is the second round of an initiative that will fund applicants who propose new payment and service delivery models that will provide better health, better health care, and lower costs through improved quality for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children?s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees. Applicants will propose new service delivery models along with the design of corresponding new payment models. If their applications are funded, awardees will be required to implement the service delivery models at the start of the three-year cooperative agreement period and submit a fully developed new Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP payment model by the end of the cooperative agreement period. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), at its discretion and consistent with the requirements of Section 1115A of the Social Security Act, may further develop one or more of these payment and service delivery models and open them to participation through a subsequent solicitation. Successful applicants will demonstrate that they can implement a model that improves quality of care and reduces cost within the first six months of the award and delivers net savings to CMS within three years.----The Healthcare Innovation Awards Round 2 Application requires the following four separate supplemental forms. These forms can be found at both http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Health-Care-Innovation-Awards/Round-2.html and http://www.grants.gov/. 1. Financial Plan2. Operational Plan3. Actuarial Review (Includes Authorizing Official and Chief Financial Officer approval)4. Executive OverviewThese forms should be uploaded into the "Other Attachments File(s)" located inside the Grants.gov application kit. All forms should be uploaded in their native format (Excel, Word document etc.). A printed version of Actuarial Review .pdf should be completed, signed, scanned and uploaded as a .pdf file. To assist you with the completion of your supplemental materials the following user guides are available. Please note- these user guides SHOULD NOT be uploaded into Grants.gov application. - Application User Guide- Preferred Measures List- Aims and Drivers for Improvement Grants.gov helpdesk ONLY supports users with the use of the Grants.gov application forms and application submission process in Grants.gov. All questions related to content and/or use of the supplemental forms MUST be directed to the CMMI program hotline at InnovationAwards@cms.hhs.gov. Please also see our website for related upcoming webinars on the application and other Frequently Asked Questions at http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Health-Care-Innovation-Awards/Round-2.html.

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