Indiana FSSA Publishes Nursing Facility VBP (Phase III) Report

Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is working on a VBP program and recently published a report on the initiative. The report is based on work by FSSA's Indiana Nursing Home Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Clinical Expert Panel. The FSSA panel was formed in early 2010 and included nursing facility resident advocates, industry representatives and other clinical stakeholders who met regularly through the year. As a result of the panel's work, 13 recommended domains have been identified and proposed to measure quality and permit nursing facilities eligibility for Medicaid incentive payments that would become available under a proposed Phase III program. The report can be accessed here.  

FSSA will continue its dialog with the IHCA and other long term care industry leaders to further refine the proposed domains and the parameters for the proposed Medicaid Phase III program which an eye toward implementation in 2012. IHCA will continue to monitor these developments and keep you advised. If you have questions, please contact Zach Cattell at (317) 616-9001 or zcattell@ihca.org.