Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) New York’s MRT Waiver Amendment Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Plan

This document , released by the New York Department of Health in May 2014, provides specific answers to questions about its $6.42 billion Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments (DSRIP) program to reduce avoidable hospital use by 25% over five years. Funding for the DSRIP projects is through a federal Medicaid waiver approved on April 14, 2014. The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approval permits DOH to use the savings for performance-based payments to health care provider organizations and other community-based provider organizations that meet specific milestones on their DSRIP projects . . .