Care Partner definition
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Both parties understand the intent of this letter of understanding is the potential reduction on the reliance of agency staff to replace for the Primary Care Partner classification when there is no current staff available at straight time.
CMS may reject any proposed Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner, or remove an individual or entity identified on the Care Partner List.
The Hospital shall include in the notice the date on which the individual or entity ceased to be a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner, or ceased to participate in one or more CRP Tracks.
Any such requests shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 5.2, except that CMS need not conduct a Program Integrity Screening in the case of a request to make a late addition to the certified Care Partner List or a request to increase the number of CRP Tracks in which a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner is participating.
If any proposed Care Partner is a PGP, the proposed Care Partner List must identify each proposed Downstream Care Partner by the PGP name, billing TIN of the PGP, and the name and NPI of each proposed Downstream Care Partner who is a PGP Member of that PGP.
In a form and manner specified by CMS, the Hospital shall notify CMS no later than 30 days after an individual or entity has ceased to be a Care Partner or Downstream Care Partner, or ceased participation in one or more CRP Tracks.
No later than 5 business days after the date of such termination notice, the Hospital shall provide written notice of the effective date of such termination to each Care Partner participating in the relevant CRP Track.
The Hospital shall certify that the list (as corrected, if applicable) is a true, accurate, and complete list of all individuals and entities that CMS has approved to be Care Partners or Downstream Care Partners, and that the list identifies all individuals and entities with whom, in the case of Care Partners, the Hospital has a fully executed Care Partner Arrangement.
Any late addition to a certified Care Partner List will become effective on the date the request is approved by CMS.
The Hospital shall not distribute an Incentive Payment to a PGP Care Partner or to a Care Partner that is a physician or NPP until CMS has notified the Hospital of the Physician Incentive Payment Cap for the relevant Performance Period.