Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Division 06 - Medical Services
Rule 016.06.17-009 - Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) 1-17

Practice support includes both care coordination payments made to a PCMH and practice transformation support provided by a Division of Medical Services (DMS) contracted vendor and is subject to funding limitations on the part of DMS.

Receipt and use of the care coordination payments is not conditioned on the PCMH engaging a care coordination vendor, as payment can be used to support participating practices' investments (e.g., time and energy) in enacting changes to achieve PCMH goals. Care coordination payments are risk-adjusted to account for the varying levels of care coordination services needed for beneficiaries with different risk profiles.

DMS will contract with a practice transformation vendor on behalf of PCMHs that require additional support to catalyze practice transformation and retain and use such vendor. PCMHs must maintain documentation of the months they have contracted with a practice transformation vendor. Practice transformation vendors must report to DMS the level and type of service delivered to each PCMH. Payments to a practice transformation vendor on behalf of a participating practice may continue for up to 24 months.

However, no practice transformation may extend beyond June 30, 2018, regardless of the number of months practice support was received by a practice.

DMS may pay, recover or offset overpayment or underpayment of care coordination payments.

DMS will also support PCMHs through improved access to information through the reports described in Section 244.000.