Current through 2024-46, November 13, 2024
Section 031-855-4 - Payment Reform PrinciplesPilot projects must demonstrate consistency with the following payment reform principles:
A. Support for integrated, efficient, and effective systems of care delivery and payment;B. Promotion of a patient-centered approach to service payment and delivery;C. Encouragement and reward for the prevention and management of disease;D. Incentives that do not reward the denial or restriction of medically necessary care;E. Promotion of the value of care over volume to measurably lower costs; andF. Support for payments and processes that are transparent, easy to understand, and simple to administer for patients, providers, purchasers, and other stakeholders. If a health insurance carrier implements a pilot project that restricts provider participation on the basis of cost and/or quality benchmarks, those benchmarks should be transparent to the provider community. 02-031 C.M.R. ch. 855, § 4