Health Care Innovation Challenge

Post Date

November 14th 2011

Application Due Date

January 27th 2012

No Explanation

Funding Opportunity Number

CMS-1C1-12-001

CFDA Number(s)

93.610

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Health

This initiative will fund applicants who propose compelling new models of service delivery/payment improvements that hold the promise of delivering the three-part aim of better health, better health care, and lower costs through improved quality for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children?s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees.

Number of Awards

100

Eligibility Categories

Other

The intent of this initiative is to engage with a wide variety of innovators. Interested parties of all types who have developed innovations that will drive significant improvement in three-part aim outcomes are welcome to apply. Examples of the types of organizations expected to apply are: provider groups, health systems, payers and other private sector organizations, faith-based organizations, local governments, and public-private partnerships and for-profit organizations. In addition, certain organizations could be eligible to apply as conveners ? assembling and coordinating the efforts of a group of participants. Conveners could serve as facilitators or could be direct award recipients. States are not eligible to apply under this funding opportunity. Legal Status: To be eligible, an organization must be recognized as a single legal entity by the state where it is incorporated, and must have a unique Tax Identification Number (TIN) designated to receive payment. The organization must have a governing body capable of entering into a cooperative agreement with CMS on behalf of its members.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $900000000

• Award Range:

  $1000000 - $30000000

Grant Description

This initiative will fund applicants who propose compelling new models of service delivery/payment improvements that hold the promise of delivering the three-part aim of better health, better health care, and lower costs through improved quality for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children?s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees. Successful models will include plans to rapidly develop and/or deploy the requisite workforce to support the proposed model. Awards will recognize interventions that show capability to improve care within the first six months of the award, while creating a sustainable pathway to net Medicare/Medicaid/CHIP savings within two to three years.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Agency Contact:

  Grants.gov Contact Center
  Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726
  
  Hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
  support@grants.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grants.gov Customer Support

• Agency Email Address:

  support@grants.gov

• More Information:

  Health Care Innovation Challenge