Independence at Home Demonstration Participants Announced - Aug. 14, 2012

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on Aug. 10 three additional providers (who represent consortia as opposed to individual providers) that will participate in the 3-year Independence at Home Demonstration. CMS’ Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will work with the participating providers to test the effectiveness of delivering primary care services at home and whether delivering these services in a home setting will improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. Participating providers will be rewarded for providing quality care while reducing costs. The three new participants are Innovative Primary Senior Care LLC (Skokie, Illinois), Treasure Coast Healthcare, LLC (Stuart, Florida) and NAPH member Virginia Commonwealth University Health System/Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and Physicians (Richmond, Virginia). These additions bring the total number of participants to 19, as CMS announced 16 individual physician practices that will participate in this demonstration in April.