Value Based Purchasing – Phase III

The new RFP for a contractor to administer the resident, family and staff satisfaction survey portion of the Value Based Purchasing (VBP) program is due to be released on September 9th, responses will be due on October 6th and the plan is to award a contract on December 6th.  The Surveys would begin in January, be completed by March, and data would flow to M&S by April 1st.  The goals is to being the VBP reimbursement add-on, that replaces the Report Card Score add-on, on July 1, 2013.

The VBP program is a 12-domain weighed methodology that that facilities across the State will measured against for purposes of qualifying for a performance and quality-based Medicaid add-on payment.  IHCA has been very active with the State in development of the program and urging the State to correct certain deficiencies in the original methodology.  That original methodology was first developed in 2012 by a group called the Clinical Expert Panel, comprised of resident advocates, industry representatives, and other clinical stakeholders.

For more information about VBP, please see the Spring Edition of the IHCA Magazine at http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/INHB0112/index.php?startid=6#/6, or please contact Zach Cattell at 317-616-9001 or zcattell@ihca.org.