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CCBHC TA Initiative
Virtual Launch Party
June 28, 2017
Rebecca Farley David
VP, Policy and Advocacy
Xavior Robinson
Senior Advisor, Practice Improvement
Welcome!
Presentation Staff
Rebecca Farley DavidVP, Policy and Advocacy
• CCBHC Policy Pro• 10+ years in health system policy &
financing
Xavior RobinsonSenior Advisor, Practice Improvement
• CCBHC Learning Initiative Project Lead• Public and Behavioral Health Financing Expert
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Why CCBHCs?
BH Safety Net Providers vs. FQHCs
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Cost-based reimbursement with enhanced payments on Medicaid and Medicare claims.
Categorized as an optional benefit under Medicaid
Services are mandatory under Medicaid
Latest evidence-based practices may not be covered in a rigid FFS
Cost-based reimbursement allowsflexibility and payment for innovative service delivery
Difficulty investing in services at federal level due to lack of defined category of provider
Cost-based reimbursement mitigates investment risks. Special grants exclusive to FQHCs.
FFS payment drives staffing mix instead of clinical staff mix being driven by needs of patients
Staffing mix covered on a cost-basis.
BH Safety Net Providers vs. FQHCsTopic BH Safety Net Providers FQHCs
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Cost-based reimburses incentivizes FQHCs to take a nuanced look at the extent to which infrastructure impacts patient outcomes.
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Challenges psychologists, nurses and psychiatrists. Overreliance on LCSW’s, licensed professional counselors, and non-licensed staff
Preferential treatment under the National Health Service Corps program
Other Organizational AdvantagesType Advantages
Hospitals Prospective payment or diagnostic related group (DRG) payment that is a diagnosis specific prospective payment methodology, price to cover the cost of the average patient at the average length of stay.
Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH)
Receive supplemental payments based on the number of Medicaid beneficiaries or other low-income persons who receive services.
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PPS (cost-based) reimbursement finances innovative staffing models to provide services to high intensity clients.
Skilled Nursing Facilities Payments adjusted based on the intensity of the facility’s client mix and geographic variation.
Safety Net Behavioral Health Providers
Deserve a Level Playing Field
The Vision for CCBHCs
Why is this important?
Data
Data analytics will drive outcomes and a nuanced
understanding the exact costs of all components of
the care and supports we provide.
Recognition
Federally-recognized and supported provider type in
Medicaid with expanded array of services, improved
access to care, and increased quality of care.
Innovation
provides an opportunity for behavioral health
organizations to demonstrate that we can
successfully implement alternative payment
methodologies that include value-based purchasing.
CCBHCs: A Foundation for the Future
CCBHC 2-Year Demonstration
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Evolving health care ecosystem built on value, quality and impact
CCBHC Paradigm Shift
What is a CCBHC?• A non-profit or governmental organization
• Serving a specific geographic area
• Employing evidence-based, best and promising practices
• Coordinating care and providing a comprehensive array of community behavioral health services
• To the residents of the area and specific populations of focus
• Regardless of their ability to pay
• Across the lifespan: children, adolescents and adults
• Measuring and reporting specific outcomes regarding efficiency, effectiveness and health status
CCBHC Scope of Services
Must be delivered directly by CCBHC
Delivered by CCBHC or a Designated Collaborating Organization (DCO)
Care CoordinationThe Linchpin of CCBHCs
Partnerships or care coordination agreements required with:
– FQHCs/rural health clinics
– Inpatient psychiatry and detoxification
– Post-detoxification step-down services
– Residential programs
– Other social services providers, including
• Schools
• Child welfare agencies
• Juvenile and criminal justice agencies and facilities
• Indian Health Service youth regional treatment centers
• Child placing agencies for therapeutic foster care service
– Department of Veterans Affairs facilities
– Inpatient acute care hospitals and hospital outpatient clinics
CCBHC Data & Quality Measures
1. Number/Percent of New Clients with Initial Evaluation Provided within 10
Business Days, & Mean Number of Days until Initial Evaluation
2. Preventive Care & Screening: Adult Body Mass Index (BMI)
3. Weight Assessment & Counseling for Nutrition & Physical Activity for
Children/Adolescents
4. Preventive Care & Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening & Cessation
Intervention
5. Preventive Care & Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief
Counseling
6. Child & Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Suicide Risk
Assessment
7. Adult Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Suicide risk assessment
8. Screening for Clinical Depression & Follow-Up Plan
9. Depression Remission at 12 months
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CCBHC Financing
The Past and Present
The Future
Traditional BH FFS Payment
• Psychiatrist is typically the loss leader
– Difficult to give patients as much access to
psychiatrists as needed
• Case management, services by mid-level
professionals tend to have a better margin (or
less loss)
– Rely more heavily on these services in the treatment
plan
• Service mix often driven by financial constraints
CCBHC Payment InnovationEstablishment of a Prospective Payment
System
Prospective Payment System
(PPS)
• Reimbursement is based on the cost of providing the array of services required by the typical consumer for a specific period of time
• Implications compared to Fee-for-Service model
– No financial incentive to provide lots of units of service
– Does not require that all services be translated into units
– Does not incentivize one service over another
– Reimbursement is tied to the cost of providing services
What goes into the numerator?
• “Allowable costs” for the entire year
– Direct costs related to anticipated CCBHC services and
activities (e.g. staff salaries, care coordination activities, costs of
services provided under agreement/contract, medical supplies,
professional liability insurance, etc.)
– Overhead, indirect costs
– Does NOT include non-CCBHC services
Total number of daily or monthly visits each year
Payment rate for each daily
or monthly visit
What goes into the denominator?
• Important note for CCBHCs: your state defines what
constitutes a “visit”
– E.g. in-person encounter with clinician,
– Telehealth encounter? Call to crisis line? Other?
Total number of daily or monthly visits each year
Payment rate for each daily
or monthly visit
When is a payment triggered?
• In a Medicaid PPS, payment is only received for patients
who are covered under Medicaid…
• …When that patient has a qualifying visit (incl. at DCO)
• Note distinction between allowable costs and
qualifying visits!
Total number of daily or monthly visits each year
Payment rate for each daily
or monthly visit
Qualifying Visit or Not?
Phone call from nurse care manager to
primary care doctor to discuss patient’s
increased blood pressure?
• Yes
• No
• Unsure
45-minute counseling session with
licensed clinical social worker?
• Yes
• No
• Unsure
Traditional Services
• Difficult to finance care coordination
• Services delivered in units within the 4 walls of
clinic
• Service delivery constrained by rates
• Difficulty financing innovation
CCBHC Services Innovation• Patient needs drive level of care
• Payment supports non-4-walls approach &
greater use of technology to support care
• Payment rates inclusive of care coordination
costs
What could this look like?Date & type of service FFS $ Actual cost CCBHC visit
triggered?PPS-1 $ PPS-2 $
March 24: Diagnostic assessment with LCSW
$123 $127 Yes $344 $516
March 30: 60-minpsychotherapy for crisis with psychiatrist
$102 $300 Yes $344 n/a
April 7: 45-minpsychotherapy by LCSW
$102 $150 Yes $344 $516
April 7: 15-min. clinical care consultation by psychiatrist
$30 $75 Yes n/a n/a
April 7: Face-to-face case management
$416 (permonth)
$380 (per month)
No n/a n/a
Total $773 $1,032 $1,032 $1,032
The Innovation
Possibilities are Endless
Breaking through old
limitations…
Think creatively!
? In-home services for
newly placed foster
youth
? Post-booking
assessment in jails
? Outreach to homeless
populations
Services are not confined to delivery within the
4 walls of a clinic
Innovation AlertAdd web or app-based self-help and social connection support services (such as those offered by 7 Cups and MyStrength, among many others) to support your patients when they are not directly engaged with your staff.
Innovation AlertAdd Peer Specialists if your current Medicaid FFS or MCOs doesn’t already support them.
Innovation AlertAdd a case manager specifically assigned to local law enforcement and court staff to understand their needs better, respond more promptly and gain their support in your community.
Innovation AlertAdd nurse support to your medication clinics to increase the efficiency of your
psychiatrists.
Innovation AlertUse psychiatrists for more than diagnosis and medication visits, case reviews with other staff, curbside consultation to selected outside PCPs to support referral of stable patients to them for refills, planning and developing new program and treatment interventions.
Take-home Strategies for
CCBHCs
Checklist✓Reorient your thinking about billing: from service
units (volume) to qualifying encounters (value).
✓Unleash your big ideas about where, when and
by whom to deliver services.
✓Start planning what you’ll do to increase access
✓Build continuous quality improvement into
clinical & financial operations
✓Do a frank assessment of your change
management strengths and weaknesses
Reorient Your Thinking About Billing
• Understand your flexibilities under the PPS
system vs. FFS or pre-CCBHC MCO contracts
• Understand the difference between qualifying
encounters and nonbillable activities
• Orient staff to these changes and the
opportunities they present
• Be aware of any special state requirements
From service units (volume)
Qualifying encounters (value)
Under PPS…
• Cost-related rate captures actual cost of staff salaries– Psychiatry, etc. no longer loss leader
– The revenue supports clinical care decisions driven by patient need
• Key services (care coordination, case management) typically no longer billable– Wrapped into daily or monthly rate
– CCBHCs should beware of “business as usual” when it comes to service mix
• PPS-2 states should monitor monthly service utilization for alignment with predictions; consider whether rebasing is needed
• What will have biggest impact on increased access to care?
• What will have biggest impact on consumer outcomes?
• What services are consumers demanding when they seek access to care?
• Will improved use of technology to support evidence based practice & care management tools?
Unleash your big ideas about where,
when and by whom to deliver services
Enhanced Access• Quicker Access means more value to the consumer in
distress and increases probability of visit
• Offer same day if they cannot schedule within 7 days
• For hospital discharges utilized assertive outreach and
engagement
• Time versus Value
• Functional Assessment & Screens versus exhaustive
Psychosocial Report
Enhancing EfficiencySCHEDULING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS—
• Scheduling Days Out: Count of days between the date on which an appointment was made and the date for which it is scheduled
• No-Show Rate: % of scheduled appointments for which a patient does not present, or that a patient cancels within 24 hours
• OPEN SLOTS ARE WHAT
COUNTS !!
• YOU CANT TREAT A SEAT !!!!!
Build CQI into clinical and financial
operations
Assess your change management
strengths and weaknesses
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Register for our July 12 webinar at 2:00pm EDT
Questions?
Register for our next webinar on Leveraging PPS to Innovate Service Delivery:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/636559341890253571
