MassHealth and CMS have agreed to a new implementation timeline for the statewide demonstration to better integrate and coordinate health care services for dually eligible individuals between the ages of 21 and 64.
Obviously, the deadline for selectionselection of ICO’s, or Integrated Care Organizations, has come and gone, but the “readiness review” for those ICO’s has been extended. Previously, the demo was set to begin enrollment on April 1st, but it now appears that the state and CMS have agreed to have the first self-selected enrollments to become effective on July 1st.
See the updated timeline below and visit the state’s demonstration webpage for more info:
| ICO Selection Announcement |
November 2, 2012 |
| Readiness Review |
Nov. 2012 – March/April 2013 |
| 3-Way Contracts |
March/April 2013 |
| Learning Collaboratives |
March 2013 – Ongoing |
| Implementation Activities |
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| Stakeholder Workgroups: Quality, Notices, Outreach, Admin. Simplification |
Dec. 2012 – Ongoing |
| Implementation Council |
Feb. 2012 – Ongoing |
| Ombudsperson |
May 2013 – Ongoing |
| Public Awareness Campaign |
April 2013 – Ongoing |
| Member Outreach Activities
(Members can begin to select ICOs for effective date July 1, 2013) |
May 2013 – Ongoing |
| Self-Selected Enrollments Begin |
July 1, 2013 |
| Auto-assignments Effective
(Members notified at least 60 days prior to the effective date) |
Oct. 1, 2013; Jan. 1, 2014 |
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