DSRIP Funding and Mechanics Protocol Sample Clauses

DSRIP Funding and Mechanics Protocol. The state must develop a DSRIP Funding and Mechanics Protocol to be submitted to CMS for approval, following the timeline specified in STC 69(m). During the development of this protocol, the state must seek input from the public, including hospitals, quality of care experts, consumers, and stakeholder groups. Once approved by CMS, this document will be incorporated as Attachment G of these STCs, and once incorporated may be altered only by amending the demonstration through the process described in STC 7. DSRIP payments for each participating hospital are contingent on: (1) the hospital fully meeting project milestones defined in the approved hospital-specific Hospital DSRIP Plan; and (2) both the state and CMS certifying the hospital’s achievement of a given milestone. In order to receive incentive funding relating to any metric, the hospital must submit all required reporting, as outlined in the DSRIP Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol, and the result must be certified by both the state and CMS. In addition, the DSRIP Program Funding and Mechanics Protocol must: i. Describe the process the state utilized to solicit public input into the development of the DSRIP Funding and Mechanics Protocol; ii. Include guidelines requiring hospitals to develop individual Hospital DSRIP Plans, which shall include timelines and deadlines for the meeting of metrics associated with the projects and activities undertaken to ensure timely performance; iii. Specify a state review process and criteria to evaluate each hospital’s individual DSRIP plan and develop its recommendation for approval or disapproval prior to submission to CMS for final approval; iv. Allow sufficient time for CMS to conduct its review of the Hospital DSRIP Plans (minimum two (2) months); v. Describe and specify the role and function, of a standardized, hospital- specific application to be submitted to the state on an annual basis for the utilization of DSRIP funds that outlines the hospital’s specific DSRIP plan, as well as any data books or reports that hospitals may be required to submit to report baseline information or substantiate progress; vi. Include templates of the hospital-specific application and any data books or reports the hospitals may be required to provide; vii. Specify that hospitals must submit semi-annual reports to the state using a standardized reporting form to document their progress (as measured by the specific metrics applicable to the projects that the hospitals have chos...