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Who will be eligible to apply as a Chronic Care Improvement Program?
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- What is the Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program?
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- What is the difference between Phase I and Phase II of the Chronic Care Improvement Program?
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- What will the Chronic Care Improvement Programs do?
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- What are your expectations from Phase-I of the Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program?
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- What is meant by payments will be “contingent on improvements in quality”?
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- Why were CHF, diabetes and COPD selected as threshold conditions?
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- How does the Chronic Care Improvement program differ from other disease management initiatives in CMS?
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- Are providers and other organizations eligible to apply under the Chronic Care Improvement Program?
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- How many regions or sites will there be under Phase I of the Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
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- Will rural areas be excluded from Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
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- How will the geographic areas be selected under Phase I of the Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
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Can applicants choose between either CHF or diabetes?
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- Regarding the Clinical Quality Indicators listed in the grid on page 59, is the expectation that the awardee cite the number of tests done o
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- When will selections be made and when will services start under Chronic Care Improvement Programs?
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- What is the size of population in each Chronic Care Improvement Program site?
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- How will beneficiaries be enrolled in Phase I of Chronic Care Improvement program?
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- When are CCIP applications due?
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- When will you know if a Chronic Care Improvement program has been successful?
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- How will CMS ensure that organizations have the means to guarantee net savings?
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- Is the Chronic Care Improvement program compliant with HIPAA?
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- What are your projected savings from Phase I of the Chronic Care Improvement Program?
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- Is CCIP consistent with the Administration's goals of accelerating health information technology?
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- Is there any possibility that conditions other than CHF, complex diabetes, and COPD will be considered in Phase I?
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- Will awardees be expected to help participants manage their co-morbidities, including those beneficiaries with intensive needs or those with
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- Is the beneficiary enrolled for a certain time period in a Chronic Care Improvement Program?
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- Are beneficiaries in SNFs or long term care facilities included in the intervention and control groups?
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- Which forms does the applicant have to complete to participate in the CCIP?
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- Will your calculation of cost savings be adjusted for inflation, technology and pharmaceutical cost changes?
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- What evaluation methodology will CMS use to compare the control group to the intervention group.
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- How will the CCI-I organization need to confirm participation – a verbal or signed consent? The answer to this question need to be precise
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- Will there be an appeal process should a proposal be returned without a contract offer?
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- Can a CCIP proposal cover all conditions or must each proposal cover only one condition?
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- Will CMS perform any stratification of the CCIP intervention group?
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- Can organizations serve both as a CCI-Organization and as a support contractor for CCIP?
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- Could CCIP claim information be provided in real-time or on a daily basis?
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- How do I get a copy of the measure and code appendices information which was referred to during the Bidder's Conference?
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- Can a bidder submit a proposal that covers more than one geographic area or should each proposal cover only one specific geographic area?
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- Would you include at least two years of historical Medicare claims data on the intervention group?
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- In 2006 the Medicare Drug Benefit will commence. How can the CCI Organization address drug costs without a previous basis of cost?
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