[TAO] Fwd: Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model

[Catherine Britain]

Greetings,

You may have already seen this, but wanted to make sure.  This appears to
be a very interesting alternative payment model from CMS.  Is anyone
considering this?  TAO would really like to know.

Hope you all have a great and safe holiday weekend.

Cathy

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Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 8:15 AM
Subject: Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model
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The CHART Model is designed to reduce costs and improve access to care by
targeting three core limitations of rural healthcare delivery.
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On August 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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operational and financial issues faced by rural health systems. The Community
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designed to reduce costs and improve access to care by targeting three core
limitations of rural healthcare delivery: funding stability, operational
flexibility, and technical support. The CHART Model will provide up to $75
million in seed funding to 35 rural organizations or Accountable Care
Organizations (ACOs). These investments will enable rural health systems to
implement care delivery reforms and expand telehealth services, while
ensuring financial stability. The Model’s funding is also intended to help
rural providers offer additional services to meet patient’s social
determinants of health needs (e.g., transportation, food). The Model will
implement these APMs through one of two tracks, the Community
Transformation Track or the ACO Transformation Track.

CHART Model waivers in both tracks will promote the continued growth of
telehealth in rural communities. Full details have not yet been provided,
but the CHART Model appears to:

   - Provide rural health systems and providers with the financial support
   to adopt telehealth platforms and expand availability of telehealth
   services;
   - Extend geographic limitations and originating site waivers to ACO
   Transformation Track awardees under Shared Savings Program authority;
   - Enable ACOs to coordinate care through telehealth, including remote
   patient monitoring;
   - Enable rural providers to conduct home visits for evaluation and
   management using telehealth; and
   - Extend at least some of the telehealth expansions made during the
   public health emergency.

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CCHP has prepared a fact sheet
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that
provides an overview of the CHART Model, details both APM tracks included
in the model, and discusses the proposed timeline for applications and
implementation.


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Telehealth Alliance of Oregon
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