Rhode Island Chosen for $20 Million Healthcare Payment by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Governor Lincoln Chafee, Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services Steven Costantino and Lt. Governor Elizabeth H. Roberts announced that Rhode Island has been selected for a $20 million Model Test Award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on December 16.
“Through this grant, Rhode Island will be able to grow, strengthen and bring positive change to our health care system,” says Chafee. “I applaud the team members at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services who in partnership with the Lt. Governor’s office worked tirelessly to secure this important federal opportunity for Rhode Island.”
The award comes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ second round of their State Innovation Models initiative and the grant period will commence February 1, 2015. The grant funding will continue over a 48 month project period for the state.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“This federal funding will allow us to accelerate the transformation of healthcare payment and delivery systems,” says Roberts. “This is an incredible opportunity for strategic federal investments that will ensure Rhode Islanders receive the highest quality care with better health outcomes in the years to come. I look forward to working in a unique public-private partnership with the Healthy Rhode Island steering committee to make this opportunity a reality.”
The State Innovation Model initiative provides financial and technical support to states to design or test innovative, multi-payer health care payment and service delivery models that will improve health system performance, increase quality of care, and decrease costs for Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries. Rhode Island is one of 11 states to receive a test grant this round – 21 states received a design grant.
For more information please contact Faye Zuckerman -Communications Director at the Office of Governor Lincoln D. Chafee - at 401-222-8134 or [email protected].
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