STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment [DSRIP] Program

Funding and Mechanics Protocol

Section 93(f) of the Special Terms and Conditions (STCs) for New Jersey's "Comprehensive Waiver" section 1115(a) Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) demonstration operated by the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (the "Department") requires the development of "a DSRIP Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol to be submitted to CMS for approval.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Version 1.4 ? June 21, 2017

Document Refefence

Description

Page Number

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Preface

3

A. DSRIP Planning Protocol and Funding and Mechanics Protocol

3

High Level Organization of "Attachment H: Program Funding and Mechanics

B. Protocol"

3

C. DSRIP Eligibility Criteria

3

Table 1. Participating Hospitals Eligible for DSRIP Payments

4

Table II. Hospitals Electing to Not Participate or Discontinuing Participation

5

II

Hospital DSRIP Plan Guidelines and Approval Process

6

A. Hospital DSRIP Plans

6

B.

State of New Jersey Department of Health (Department) Review and Approval Process

6

C. CMS Review and Approval Process

8

D. Review Process for Hospital-Specific Focus Area or Off-Menu Project

9

E. Consideration of a Hospital's DSRIP Plan Due to Exceptional Circumstance

11

F. Revisions to the DSRIP Planning Protocol

12

G. DSRIP Review Process

13

III

Reporting Requirements

13

A. Participating Hospital Reporting for Payment in DY2

13

B. Participating Hospital Reporting for Payment in DY3-DY5

15

C. State Reporting and Communications with CMS

20

IV

Hospital's DSRIP Target Funding Amount

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A. Demonstration Year 2

20

B. Demonstration Years 3-5

21

V

Allocation of a Hospital's Adjusted DSRIP Target Funding Amount to DSRIP Stages

22

Table III. Total DSRIP Funding Distributable to Demonstration Years

23

Table IV. DSRIP Stage Funding Distribution

23

VI.

DSRIP Payment Based on Achievement of Milestones and Metrics

24

A. General Requirements

24

B. Milestone and Measure Valuation

25

C. Experience Period

26

D. Reporting Completion of Measures/Milestones

28

VII

DSRIP Payment Calculations: DY3-DY5

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A. Calculating DSRIP Payments for Stages 1 and 2

30

B. Calculating Payments for Stage 3 Project-Specific Metrics

31

Table VI. DSRIP Pay for Performance Improvement Calculation

34

C.

Calculating DSRIP Payments for Stage 4 Performance Indicators (i.e. Universal Metrics)

36

D. Forfeiture of DSRIP Payments and Appeals

42

VIII.

Plan Modifications

43

IX.

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Business Combinations

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I. Preface

A. DSRIP Planning Protocol and Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol

This document is the DSRIP Funding and Mechanics Protocol submitted for approval by the New Jersey Department of Human Services (Department) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This document is Version 1.4, dated June 21, 2017.

Unless otherwise specified, denoted dates refer to calendar days, and any specified date that falls on a weekend or federal holiday is due the prior business day.

B. High Level Organization of "H. Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol"

Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol Attachment H has been organized into the following sections.

I. Preface II. Hospital DSRIP Plan Guidelines and Approval Process III. Reporting Requirements IV. Hospital's DSRIP Target Funding Amount V. Allocation of Hospital's Adjusted DSRIP Target Funding Amount to

DSRIP Stages VI. DSRIP Payment Based on Achievement of Milestones and Metrics VII. DSRIP Payment Calculations VIII. Plan Modifications IX. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Business Combinations

C. DSRIP Eligibility Criteria

As of September 20, 2013, the hospitals eligible to receive funding under the DSRIP program during Demonstration Year (DY) 2 through DY5 are general acute care hospitals shown in the table below. Hospitals in the table below electing not to participate in the DSRIP program (either by notifying the Department of non-participation or by electing not to submit a DSRIP application on or before September 20, 2013) are eligible to receive transition payments through December 31, 2013, but will not be eligible for any DSRIP payments granted by CMS after December 31, 2013. Hospitals electing to discontinue participation in DY3 or in later demonstration years are subject to payment recoupment back to the start of the demonstration year the hospital elected to discontinue participation and are not eligible for further participation in the DSRIP program.

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Table I. PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS ELIGIBLE FOR DSRIP PAYMENTS

Medicaid No. Medicare No. Hospital Name

County

4139402 0167011 4139003 4135709 3676609 4138201 4141008 0390330 0295655 4135504 3674606 4136004 0502588 4138309 3674100

0267431

4139801 3675700 3676803 4140206 0469351 3675203 4138902 3675807 4136101 0354945 4135008 0257109 4137108 3674801 4135105 4137701 4137809 3676901 3674509 3675602 3675904 0482897

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310064 310025 310058 310011 310092 310044 310111 310017 310016 310009 310041 310014 310083 310045 310001

310040

310074 310073 310108 310086 310084 310061 310057 310075 310015 310054 310002 310028 310029 310051 310003 310038 310039 310110 310032 310069 310076 310050

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center CarePoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center Bergen Regional Medical Center Cape Regional Medical Center Capital Health Regional Medical Center Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell CentraState Medical Center Chilton Medical Center CarePoint Health - Christ Hospital Clara Maass Medical Center Community Medical Center Cooper Hospital/University MC East Orange General Hospital Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Hackensack University Medical Center CarePoint Health - Hoboken University Medical Center Jersey City Medical Center Jersey Shore University Medical Center JFK Medical Center/A M Yelencsics Kennedy Health System Monmouth Medical Center - Southern Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington Cty. Virtua-Mem. Hospital of Burlington County Monmouth Medical Center Morristown Medical Center Hackensack UMC - Mountainside Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newton Medical Center Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Overlook Medical Center Hackensack UMC - Palisades Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Raritan Bay Medical Center RWJ University Hospital - Hamilton Inspira Medical Center - Vineland Inspira Medical Center - Elmer St. Barnabas Medical Center St. Clare's Denville / Dover

Atlantic Hudson Bergen Cape May Mercer Mercer Monmouth Morris Hudson Essex Ocean Camden Essex Bergen Bergen

Hudson

Hudson Monmouth Middlesex Camden Ocean Burlington Burlington Monmouth Morris Essex Essex Sussex Camden Union Hudson Middlesex Middlesex Mercer Cumberland Salem Essex Morris

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Medicaid No. Medicare No. Hospital Name

4136608 4136403 0432491 0508110 4139500 4136900 3676102 0358240 4135601 0282871 3674304 Hospital Count

310021 310019 310006 310096 310070 310027 310081 310119 310010 310060 310022

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St. Francis Medical Center St. Joseph's Medical Center St. Mary's General Hospital St. Michael's Medical Center St. Peter's University Hospital Trinitas Regional Medical Center Inspira Medical Center - Woodbury University Hospital University MC of Princeton - Plainsboro St. Luke's Warren Hospital Virtua - West Jersey Health Participating Hospitals

County

Mercer Passaic Passaic Essex Middlesex Union Gloucester Essex Middlesex Warren Camden

TABLE II. HOSPITALS ELECTING TO NOT PARTICIPATE OR DISCONTINUE PARTICIPATION

Medicaid No. Medicare No. Hospital Name

0363022 4137205 4141300 4135407 4135202 0249297 3674908 9031308 4137400 3674401 3674703 0424528 0364568 4135806

310112 310031 310115 310008 310005 310118 310052 310091 310034 310024 310047 310048 310113 310012

Hospital Count 14

Bayshore Community Hospital Deborah Heart and Lung Center Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Holy Name Medical Center Hunterdon Medical Center Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center Ocean Medical Center Memorial Hospital of Salem County Riverview Medical Center RWJ University Hospital - Rahway Shore Medical Center RWJ University Hospital - Somerset Southern Ocean Medical Center Valley Hospital

Electing to not participate or discontinued participation

County

Monmouth Burlington Warren Bergen Hunterdon Hudson Ocean Salem Monmouth Union Atlantic Somerset Ocean Bergen

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II. Hospital DSRIP Plan Guidelines and Approval Process

A. Hospital DSRIP Plans

Each hospital that elects to participate in the DSRIP program must submit a Hospital DSRIP Plan in accordance with the Hospital DSRIP Plan guidelines outlined in Attachment G: DSRIP Planning Protocol and the accompanying Addendum 3: DSRIP Toolkit. In summary, hospitals will be required to submit a Hospital DSRIP Plan using a Department approved application that identifies the project, objectives, and specific milestones/metrics that meets all requirements pursuant to the Special Terms and Conditions (STCs) and Attachment G: DSRIP Planning Protocol.

Hospitals who do not submit a Hospital DSRIP Plan to the Department by September 20, 2013, with exception of hospitals meeting the criteria in subsection E below, will be precluded from participating in New Jersey DSRIP in subsequent DYs 2 through 5.

B. State of New Jersey Department of Health (Department) Review and Approval Process

On or before September 20, 2013, each eligible hospital, identified above in the list in subsection I.C, "DSRIP Eligibility Criteria," who decides to participate in DSRIP will submit a 3 1/2-year Hospital DSRIP Plan to the Department for review. The Department will review all Hospital DSRIP Plan applications prior to submission to CMS for final approval according to the schedule below.

On or before November 15, 2013, the Department will submit the Department's approach and review criteria for reviewing Hospital DSRIP Plan applications, as well as a draft DSRIP Plan Initial Review Checklist outlining the state's initial review of the DSRIP Plans to CMS. CMS will provide comments within one week of the Department's submission. CMS and the Department will work collaboratively to refine the criteria, approach, and DSRIP Plan Checklist to support a robust review process and compelling justification for approval of each project. In order to ensure the hospitals submit plans in accordance with the review criteria established, the Department will conduct conference calls and face-to-face meetings with the hospitals to provide training on the development and completion of the Hospital DSRIP Plan and applications, as well as to answer hospital questions on the review process. The Department will apply this review process to ensure that Hospital DSRIP Plans are thoroughly and consistently reviewed.

At a minimum, the Department shall review and assess each plan according to the following criteria using the DSRIP Plan Checklist:

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 The plan is in the prescribed format and contains all required elements described herein and is consistent with special terms and conditions including STCs 93(g).

The plan conforms to the requirements for Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4, as described herein, as well as in Attachment G: DSRIP Planning Protocol, and Addendum 3: DSRIP Toolkit, Section VI (Hospital DSRIP Plan Submission Requirements), Subsection A, "DSRIP Checklist."

Stages 1 and 2 clearly identify goals, milestones, metrics, and expected results. Stage 3 clearly identifies the project-specific metrics to be reported. Stage 4 clearly identifies the population-focused health improvement measures (i.e. universal metrics) to be reported.

The description of the project is coherent and comprehensive and includes a logic map clearly representing the relationship between the goals, the interventions and the measures of progress and outcome.

The project selection is grounded in a demonstrated need for improvement at the time that the project is submitted and is sufficiently comprehensive to meaningfully contribute to the CMS three part aim for better care for individuals, better health for the population, lower costs through improvement (i.e. Triple Aim).

The goals are mapped to a robust and appropriate set of research hypotheses to support the evaluation.

There is a coherent discussion of the hospital's participation in a learning collaborative that is strongly associated with the project and demonstrates a commitment to collaborative learning that is designed to accelerate progress and mid-course correction to achieve the goals of the project and to make significant improvement in the stage 3 and 4 outcome measures.

The amount and distribution of funding is in accordance with Section VI: "DSRIP Payment Based on Achievement of Milestones and Metrics," included in this protocol.

The plan, project, milestones, and metrics are consistent with the overall goals of the DSRIP program.

By November 21, 2013, the Department will submit two or three Hospital DSRIP Plans that the Department has initially reviewed, based on the agreed approach, review criteria, and DSRIP Plan Checklist. CMS will review the approved Plans, and submit to the Department any comments or requests for modifications to the approach, review criteria, or checklist. The Department and CMS will agree to any modifications to the approach, review criteria, and checklist by November 30, 2013. During the time the Department is reviewing Hospital DSRIP Plans, the Department and CMS will hold bi-weekly half-hour conference calls to share progress updates and discuss challenges and concerns.

The Department will complete its initial review of each timely submitted Hospital DSRIP Plan application using the DSRIP Plan Checklist, the Funding and Mechanics Protocol,

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the DSRIP Planning Protocol, and the STCs by January 31, 2014. The Department will notify the hospital in writing of any questions or concerns identified with the hospital's submitted DSRIP Plan.

The requesting hospital shall respond in writing to any notifications of questions or concerns by the Department. The hospital's responses must be received by the dates specified in the aforementioned notification. The requesting hospital's initial response may consist of a request for additional time to address the Department's comments provided that the hospital's revised (i.e., final) DSRIP plan addresses the Department's comments and is submitted to the Department within 15 days of the notification.

No later than March 7, 2014, the Department will take action on each timely submitted Hospital DSRIP Plan; will approve each plan that it deems has met the criteria outlined in Attachment G: DSRIP Planning Protocol, Attachment H: DSRIP Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol, and "DSRIP Plan Checklist"; and submit approved plans (along with their completed DSRIP Plan Checklists and supporting documentation) to CMS for review and approval. The Department will notify the hospital in writing that the plan has been approved and submitted to CMS for consideration. CMS will subsequently notify the Department by March 21, 2014, of any additional questions or concerns CMS has on the state approved plan.

It is the Department's intent to submit plans continuously in batches to CMS upon the Department's approval of the Hospital's DSRIP Plan in order to incorporate meaningful feedback from CMS into the Department's DSRIP Plan review process.

C. CMS Review and Approval Process

CMS will review the hospitals' 3 ? year Hospital DSRIP Plan upon receipt from the Department. CMS will return any Hospital DSRIP Plan to the Department without review if it is received by CMS after March 15, 2014. Hospitals whose plans are returned by CMS for this reason are excluded from DSRIP, unless the hospital qualifies to submit a plan under subsection E, "Consideration of a Hospital's DSRIP Plan Due to Exceptional Circumstance."

CMS will conduct an initial review of the submitted Hospital DSRIP Plans, in order to validate the Department's assessment based on the results from the Department's DSRIP Plan review process and DSRIP Plan Checklist. CMS will notify the Department within 15 calendar days of receipt, if based on its initial review it concludes that there were systemic gaps or weaknesses in the Department's review of the Hospital DSRIP Plans. CMS and the Department will work together to develop guidance to the hospitals to revise and resubmit their plans, if necessary. At a minimum, CMS will not approve a plan if the plan has not answered the following questions:

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