November 2017

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Welcome to NQP Pulse, the newsletter of the Nassau Queens Performing Provider System (NQP). This newsletter is meant to keep you up-to-date on relevant activities and resources surrounding DSRIP and NQP.

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News and Updates

New NUMC Primary Care Center Increases Access to Care

The new Primary Care Center at Nassau University Medical Center increases access to medical care for community members and provides the opportunity to reduce Emergency Department visits, a goal of DSRIP. Read more

St. John's Embedding Behavioral Health Professionals at Primary Care Practices

St. John's Episcopal Hospital, an NQP partner, is the recipient of a three-year grant from Thrive NYC that supports embedding new social work graduates into its primary care practices. The initiative helps NQP meet the goals of DSRIP project 3.a.i—Integration of Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services. Read more

Nassau Queens PPS and Rockaway Waterfront Alliance partner to improve health in Rockaways NQP and the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance (RWA) have announced a partnership to improve health care delivery and outcomes for residents of the Rockaways—a community identified by NQP through data as medically underserved. Read more

Value Based Payments Corner

NQP Video: "Introduction to Value-Based Payments" Per the New York State Department of Health, 80 to 90 percent of managed care payments to providers will be value-based payments (VBP) by 2020. NQP has created an "Introduction to Value-Based Payment" educational video to help partners better prepare for the transition from volume-based to value-based payment models. Topics include: Definition of VBP The critical need for VBP Implementation Approaches: shared savings; bundles; shared risk; global capitation Various levels of VBP available to providers Misconceptions To access the video, click here and either "Register for this course" or "Start course." Please note that you need an HWAPPS account to access the video. If you do not have an account, you will have the opportunity to create one after you click on "Register for this course." If you have any questions or trouble registering, please email Mark Murphy at mmurphy@nq-pps.org.

NYS DOH Releases 2018 VBP Reporting Requirements Technical Specifications Manual The New York State Department of Health has released the 2018 Value-Based Payment (VBP) Reporting Requirements Technical Specifications Manual. The purpose of this document is to make stakeholders aware of the quality measure reporting requirements for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) participating in the state's Medicaid VBP program. The contents of this manual include: An overview of the specific reporting requirements for Category 1 measures for each VBP arrangement A description of the changes to the measure sets from Measurement Year 2017 to 2018 Detailed instructions regarding additional file specifications required for the VBP program The manual is available on the VBP Resource Library under the VBP Quality Measures tab. Questions can be sent to the Department of Health at vbp@health.ny.gov.

New DSRIP Whiteboard Video: CBOs and VBP

The New York State DOH recently released a new DSRIP Program whiteboard video, "What CBOs Need to Know to Be Successful in VBP." In this video, NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson describes the top five things that community-based organizations (CBOs) need to know to be successful in the move to value-based payment (VBP). He also discusses how CBOs can get involved in the transition to VBP. Click here to view the video .

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