Community-based Care Transition Program (CCTP)

Federal Office: CMS/Medicare

The Community Based Care Transition Program (CCTP) goals are; to reduce hospital readmissions, test sustainable funding streams for care transition services, maintain or improve quality of care, and document measureable savings to the Medicare program. The demonstration will be conducted under the authority of section 3026 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.

CCTP participants are paid to improve services targeted fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, the population requiring the most frequent care transitions. The backbone of the program in most places will be cooperation of service providers in a geographic community, since the participation and engagement of many stakeholders who share in the care of the area’s patients appears to be essential for sustained excellence.
 
Funds:

$500 million

Awardees:

First Sites Selected: Maricopa County, AZ; Atlanta Regional Commission; Akron/Canton, OH Area Agency on Aging; Southwest Ohio Community Care Transitions Collaborative; Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire; Southern Maine Agency on Aging/Aging and Disability Resource Center; Council for Jewish Elderly, Chicago, IL

Next Steps:

Dec. 20, 2011 - Applications must be received by Nov. 29, 2011 to be considered for this review.
Jan. 12, 2012 - Applications must be received by Dec. 22, 2011 to be considered for this review.
Jan. 31, 2012 - Applications must be received by Jan. 10 to be considered for this review.
Feb. 17- Applications must be received by Jan. 27 to be considered for this review.
March 8- Applications must be received by Feb. 16 to be considered for this review.
March 27- Applications must be received by March 6 to be considered for this review.

For more information on the Community-based Care Transition Program, visit http://www.cms.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts/MD/itemdetail.asp?itemID=CMS1239313.