New Jersey Delivery System Reform & Incentive Payment Program Planning Protocol

In July 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the New Jersey delivery system reform and incentive payment (DSRIP) planning protocol. The protocol outlines the projects hospitals can implement under DSRIP, the outcome measures hospitals are expected to report, and the program evaluation. DSRIP programs utilize 1115 waiver savings to implement hospital-based delivery system and payment reform projects, such as the expansion of primary care services or implementation of telehealth . . .