Washington Health Home MFFS Demonstration: Fifth Evaluation Report
On January 11, 2022, RTI International published this fifth evaluation report of the Washington Health Home financial alignment initiative (FAI) with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). The Washington Health Home FAI is a managed fee-for-service (MFFS) demonstration people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. This report describes quantitative findings for demonstration years 4, 5, and 6 (2017 through 2019) using a new comparison group developed in 2017 (demonstration year 4).
Through the FAI, CMS is working with 11 states to test two integrated care delivery models: a capitated . . .