DSRIP Weekly Update-Jan.6, 2015

Things were relatively quiet this week regarding the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. With applications now under review, this time provides a brief reprieve for those involved in Performing Provider Systems. The big news relates to capital funding, and the DSRIP Project Approval and Oversight Panel.

Capital Restructuring Financing Program

The questions and answers, and some additional resources, regarding the Capital Restructuring Financing Program, are now available. Click here for more information.

DSRIP Project Approval and Oversight Panel

The DSRIP Project Approval and Oversight Panel will meet for the first time on Jan. 12, 2015 in Meeting Rooms 2-4, Empire State Plaza, Albany, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The meeting is a work session for the panel members, and there will be no public comment period; however, it is open to the public with limited seating available. No pre-registration is required.

The Panel is scheduled to meet again Feb. 17 to Feb. 20, again in Meeting Rooms 2-4, Empire State Plaza. There will be a public comment period at this session; more detail will be provided in early February. These meetings will also be webcast and can be viewed live here.

The role of this Panel is to serve as a non-conflicted group of experts and stakeholders to review the independent assessors recommendations on the DSRIP Project Plan scoring. The assessor will present each of the submitted Project Plans with its score and recommendations, and the Panel will have the opportunity to accept, reject or modify the initial recommendation. The Panel recommendations will be presented to the State, and if the State makes a determination that differs from the independent assessor, it must be explained to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Below is a list of the Panel members.

DSRIP Project Approval and Oversight Panel Member List

Members

Co-Chair: Ann F. Monroe, President, Health Foundation for Western & Central New York

Co-Chair: William Toby Jr., former Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) official, MRT Brooklyn Work Group Member

Steven Acquario, Executive Director, NYS Association of Counties
John August, Associate Director of the Healthcare Transformation Project within Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Stephen Berger, Co-founder, Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC.
Kate Breslin, President & CEO, Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy
William Ebenstein, Ph.D., University Dean for Health and Human Services, City University of New York
Robert E. Fullilove, Ed.D., Associate Dean, Community & Minority Affairs, Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, and the co-director of the Community Research Group
Lara Kassel, Coordinator, Medicaid Matters New York (MMNY)
Philip Nasca, Ph.D., Dean, University at Albany, School of Public Health
Marilyn Pinsky, Immediate Past President, NYS AARP
Sherry Sutler, Consumer Representative
Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH, Director of the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health and Assistant Professor at the NYU School of Medicine
Jamie R. Torres, DPM, MS, Former Regional Director, US Department of Health & Human Services, New York Regional Office, 2010-2014
Mary Louise Mallick, Senate Recommendation, Former Policy Advisor to the State Comptroller
William Owens, Former Congressman, New York’s 21^st Congressional District
Cesar Perales, Secretary of State of New York, appointed March 2011
Assembly recommendation, appointment pending
Behavioral Health specialist, appointment pending

Non-Voting Members

Courtney Burke, Deputy Secretary for Health
Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, Deputy Commissioner, NYS Department of Health, Office of Public Health
Patrick Roohan, Director, NYS Department of Health, Office of Quality & Patient Safety
Ann Marie T. Sullivan, MD, Commissioner, Office of Mental Health
Arlene Gonzalez-Sanchez, Commissioner, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Daniel Sheppard, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Primary Care and Health Systems Management
Kerry Delaney, Acting Commissioner, NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
Paul T. Williams, President and CEO, Dormitory Authority State of New York

New York State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson serves as Executive Director

If you have any DSRIP questions for DOH, submit them to dsrip@health.ny.gov. Members are also encouraged to let us know what your questions and needs are related to DSRIP.

Contact: Diane Darbyshire, ddarbyshire@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8828