Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+)

Starting January 1, 2017, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be launching the new Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model to support practices in their transformation to deliver better healthcare and smarter spending.

This new healthcare delivery model is built on lessons learned from the original Comprehensive Primary Care Model. Supporting the move toward value-based care, this initiative is another stepping stone to innovating care delivery and reforming payment structure in the United States.

The new CPC+ Model includes two different tracks that practices may apply, Track 1 and Track 2. Track 1 targets practices that have basic health information technology and the infrastructure necessary to deliver comprehensive primary care; the focus is on implementing and developing comprehensive primary care capabilities*. Track 2 targets practices that are proficient in primary care that are ready to increase the depth, breadth, and scope of medical care delivered to their patients, especially those with complex needs*. 

Given eQHealth’s core competencies, our focus is on Track 2 that specifically requires more enhanced IT capabilities to aid in achieving CMS defined objectives, milestones and quality care goals. Those practices interested in applying to participate in Track 2 during the application period, August 1, 2016 - September 15, 2016, must have identified a Health IT vendor who will support the required IT capabilities when their application is submitted to qualify for participation. eQHealth is here to help.

Qualify for CPC+ Track 2 With Health IT Solutions from eQHealth

eQHealth Solutions can partner with practices applying to participate in the CPC+ Model Track 2 leveraging our innovative, best-in-class technology solutions (eQSuite®) and community-based care services model (eQCare®). Our modular product offerings can act as a total solution or fill in the gaps for those products and/or services that you do not have.  As outlined by CMS below, eQHealth can help practices meet the following health IT functional capabilities required of those applying to participate in CPC+.

Required CPC+ Track 2* Health IT Functions Provided by eQHealth, include:

• Risk-stratify practice site patient populations: identify and flag "patients with complex needs"
• Produce and display eCQM results at the practice level to support continuous feedback
• Systematically assess patients' psychosocial needs; inventory resources and supports to meet those needs
• Document and track patient reported outcomes
• Impanel patients to the practice site care team
• Establish a patient focused care plan to guide care management
• CPC+ practice site care delivery and documentation of the care touch demonstration

*https://innovation.cms.gov/Files/x/cpcplus-rfa.pdf