Common use of Hospital DSTI Plans Clause in Contracts

Hospital DSTI Plans. At a minimum, the individual hospital DSTI plans should include the following, in addition to the requirements pursuant to section XII . A background section on the hospital system(s) covered by the DSTI plan that includes an overview of the patients served by the hospital; An executive summary for the DSTI plan that summarizes the high-level challenges the DSTI plan is intended to address and the target goals and objectives included in the plan for the demonstration approval period including an explanation of the hospital’s achievements and challenges in the SFY 2012- 2014 demonstration approval period; Sections on each of the four categories as specified in section VIII and include: For Categories 1, 2 and 3 – Each hospital must select a minimum number of projects, with associated metrics, milestones and data sources in accordance with the master DSTI plan. For each project selected, the hospital at a minimum must include: A description of the goal(s) of the project, which describes the challenges of the hospital system and the major delivery or payment redesign system solution identified to address those challenges by implementing the particular project; A description of the target goal over the demonstration approval period and metrics associated with the project and the significance of that goal to the hospital system and its patients; A narrative on the hospital’s rationale for selecting the project, milestones, and metrics based on relevancy to the hospital system’s population and circumstances, community need, and hospital system priority and starting point with baseline data; A narrative describing how this project supports, reinforces, enables and is related to other projects and interventions within the hospital system plan; and Any other hospital reporting guidelines stipulated in the master DSTI Plan. In addition to requirements addressed in the above subparagraph (i), Category 2 must also include: A description of how the selected project can refine innovations, test new ways of meeting the needs of target populations and disseminate findings in order to spread promising practices. Category 4 – Population-Focused Improvements Projects within this category must focus on evaluation of the population-focused improvements associated with Categories 1, 2 and 3 projects and associated incentive payments. Each hospital must select a minimum number of projects in accordance with in the master DSTI plan. All hospitals will select metrics from a common set defined in the master DSTI plan.

Hospital DSTI Plans. At a minimum, the individual hospital DSTI plans should include the following, in addition to the requirements pursuant to section XII . STCs 52(b) and 53(c). 1) A background section on the hospital system(s) covered by the DSTI plan that includes an overview of the patients served by the hospital; ; 2) An executive summary for the DSTI plan that summarizes the high-level challenges the DSTI plan is intended to address and the target goals and objectives included in the plan for the demonstration approval period including an explanation of the hospital’s achievements and challenges in the SFY 2012- 2014 demonstration approval period; ; 3) Sections on each of the four categories as specified in section VIII the STC 47(e)(4), and include: : i. For Categories 1, 2 and 3 – – 1. Each hospital must select a minimum number of projects, with associated metrics, milestones and data sources in accordance with the master DSTI plan. 2. For each project selected, the hospital at a minimum must include: : a. A description of the goal(s) of the project, which describes the challenges of the hospital system and the major delivery or payment redesign system solution identified to address those challenges by implementing the particular project; ; b. A description of the target goal over the demonstration approval period and metrics associated with the project and the significance of that goal to the hospital system and its patients; ; c. A narrative on the hospital’s rationale for selecting the project, milestones, and metrics based on relevancy to the hospital system’s population and circumstances, community need, and hospital system priority and starting point with baseline data; ; d. A narrative describing how this project supports, reinforces, enables and is related to other projects and interventions within the hospital system plan; and and e. Any other hospital reporting guidelines stipulated in the master DSTI Plan. ii. In addition to requirements addressed in the above subparagraph (i), Category 2 must also include: : a. A description of how the selected project can refine innovations, test new ways of meeting the needs of target populations and disseminate findings in order to spread promising practices. iii. Category 4 – Population-Focused Improvements Improvements a. Projects within this category must focus on evaluation of the population-focused improvements associated with Categories 1, 2 and 3 projects and associated incentive payments. Each hospital must select a minimum number of projects in accordance with in the master DSTI plan. All hospitals will select metrics from a common set defined in The projects must be hospital-specific and need not be uniform across all the master DSTI planhospitals, but must be uniform across projects that are selected by multiple hospitals.

Hospital DSTI Plans. At a minimum, the individual hospital DSTI plans should include the following, in addition to the requirements pursuant to section XII . . 1) A background section on the hospital system(s) covered by the DSTI plan that includes an overview of the patients served by the hospital; ; 2) An executive summary for the DSTI plan that summarizes the high-level challenges the DSTI plan is intended to address and the target goals and objectives included in the plan for the demonstration approval period including an explanation of the hospital’s achievements and challenges in the SFY 2012- 2014 demonstration approval period; ; 3) Sections on each of the four categories as specified in section VIII and include: : A. For Categories 1, 2 and 3 – – i. Each hospital must select a minimum number of projects, with associated metrics, milestones and data sources in accordance with the master DSTI plan. ii. For each project selected, the hospital at a minimum must include: : (1) A description of the goal(s) of the project, which describes the challenges of the hospital system and the major delivery or payment redesign system solution identified to address those challenges by implementing the particular project; ; (2) A description of the target goal over the demonstration approval period and metrics associated with the project and the significance of that goal to the hospital system and its patients; ; (3) A narrative on the hospital’s rationale for selecting the project, milestones, and metrics based on relevancy to the hospital system’s population and circumstances, community need, and hospital system priority and starting point with baseline data; ; (4) A narrative describing how this project supports, reinforces, enables and is related to other projects and interventions within the hospital system plan; and and (5) Any other hospital reporting guidelines stipulated in the master DSTI Plan. . B. In addition to requirements addressed in the above subparagraph (i), Category 2 must also include: : i. A description of how the selected project can refine innovations, test new ways of meeting the needs of target populations and disseminate findings in order to spread promising practices. . C. Category 4 – Population-Focused Improvements Improvements i. Projects within this category must focus on evaluation of the population-focused improvements associated with Categories 1, 2 and 3 projects and associated incentive payments. Each hospital must select a minimum number of projects in accordance with in the master DSTI plan. All hospitals will select metrics from a common set defined in the master DSTI plan.