CMS Funding Opportunity Announcement For Phase Two of Initiative To Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents

This document was released on August 27, 2015 by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The document is a funding opportunity announcement for the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents. Organizations currently participating in the initiative can apply to test whether a new payment model for nursing facilities and practitioners, together with the current evidence-based clinical and educational interventions, will reduce avoidable hospitalizations, lower combined Medicare and Medicaid spending, and improve the quality of care received by long-stay nursing facility residents . . .