Special Projects & Clinical Initiatives 

$13.5 million has been awarded to 41 community-based organizations across the Finger Lakes region, as part of a new System Transformation Fund.

The System Transformation Fund aims to promote healthcare system transformation by developing programmatic infrastructure to support partners through their transition from fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based payment for Medicaid recipients. System transformation activities include:

• Social Determinants of Health interventions
• Initiatives to achieve the “Quadruple Aim” (improved outcomes, patient experience, provider satisfaction and reduced costs)
• Managed care engagement to support value-based payment
• Improved quality and cost-reducing activities that target high-risk populations

View the complete list of award recipients and project descriptions

For more information contact Meredith Rutherford, Communications Director.

Education & training to prepare agency partners to participate in the future state of value-based contracting.

Gap closure and service expansion of central triage, mobile crisis services, and crisis beds/residence specific to NOCN community needs.

Pay-for-performance incentive program to build VBP capabilities and partnerships among 26 community-based organizations and clinical providers by identifying high risk patients and linking them to appropriate services.

Primary prevention and chronic disease management initiatives focused on mental, emotional and behavioral (MEB) health and innovative models of prevention and management for substance use disorders, particularly opioid use disorder.

Proposed solutions to improve performance on prioritized FLPPS pay-for-performance clinical outcomes intended to drive rapid results.

A Health Home/Care Management Agency pilot that reduces a care manager's case load with the goals of increased focus on comprehensive transitional care as well as preventive care for high risk patients.

Proposed solutions and identified interventions to address key under-performing clinical outcomes specific to NOCN communities.