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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: NYS BH Value Based Payment Readiness Program Notification of Interest & Webinar

The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and Office for Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) announce the launch of the NYS Behavioral Health (BH) Value Based Payment (VBP) Readiness Program. The NYS BH VBP Readiness Program represents a unique opportunity to strengthen community-based behavioral health providers throughout New York State, and prepare them to be successful in NYS’ transformation of the health care delivery system. 

OMH and OASAS are accepting “Notifications of Interest” from BH providers intending to apply for the program. Responses will help inform the State of provider interest, and will assist in finalizing the specifications of the NYS BH VBP Readiness Program. 

The program will fund BH providers to collaborate to form Behavioral Health Care Collaboratives (BHCC), including Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), in an effort to position them to succeed in the VBP environment. There will be funds available for planning, and a larger funding opportunity for implementing a BHCC. Funding will support the development of shared infrastructure for the BHCC, such as clinical quality standards, data collection, analytics, and reporting. The expectation is that BHCCs will leverage their shared expertise to better position themselves to enter into VBP contracts.

Proposed BHCCs intending to apply must submit a Notification of Interest no later than June 5, 2017. 

Documents to submit:

This program will make funding available through Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MMCOs) to achieve program goals. Please refer to the Policy Paper, located at the end of the Notification of Interest, for additional information on the NYS BH VBP Readiness Program. 

Applications must include, at a minimum, agencies delivering all available Medicaid OMH and OASAS services, including Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), either as a lead agency, or as network providers. To maximize the funds available to build necessary infrastructure, providers should consider creating the most comprehensive network possible. As such, applications will be evaluated based on the number of Medicaid Managed Care (MMC) enrollees served by the proposed BHCC. Strong applications will include non-Medicaid providers, physical health providers, housing providers and other organizations addressing the social determinants of health. Applications addressing specialty populations will also be considered. If multiple applications are approved for the same region, they will receive a share of the funds available in that region. 

Behavioral health providers that intend on participating in the NYS BH VBP Readiness Program must submit their notification of interest to VBP-Readiness@omh.ny.gov and PICM@oasas.ny.gov

The notification of interest and the responses therein are not binding, however it must be submitted to have your application considered. Only one notification of interest should be submitted from each proposed BHCC. 

Please submit questions related to the program to VBP-Readiness@omh.ny.gov or PICM@oasas.ny.gov.


VBP Readiness Program Webinar - May 18, 2017

The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) and Office for Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) announce the launch of the NYS Behavioral Health (BH) Value Based Payment (VBP) Readiness Program. The NYS BH VBP Readiness Program represents a unique opportunity to strengthen community-based behavioral health providers throughout New York State, and prepare them to be successful in NYS’ transformation of the health care delivery system.

OMH and OASAS are accepting “Notifications of Interest” from BH providers intending to apply for the program. Responses will help inform the State of provider interest, and will assist in finalizing the specifications of the NYS BH VBP Readiness Program.

This webinar will walk through the Notification of Interest process and provide an opportunity for questions and answers.

When: Thursday May 18th, 2pm to 3pm

Register Here!

Slides and recording of this webinar will be posted online to the MCTAC website at a later date.