Performance Year Benchmark definition

Performance Year Benchmark means the target expenditure amount to which Medicare Part A and Part B expenditures for items and services furnished to REACH Beneficiaries during a Performance Year are compared in order to calculate Shared Losses or Shared Savings, as determined by CMS in accordance with Appendix B of the Agreement.
Performance Year Benchmark means the target expenditure amount to which Medicare Part A and Part B expenditures for items and services furnished to DC Beneficiaries during a Performance Year are compared in order to calculate Shared Losses or Shared Savings, as determined by CMS in accordance with Appendix B of the Agreement.
Performance Year Benchmark means the target expenditure amount to which actual Medicare Part A and Part B expenditures for Next Generation Beneficiaries during a

Examples of Performance Year Benchmark in a sentence

  • The Risk Arrangement selected by the ACO in accordance with Section X.A of the Agreement will determine the portion of the aggregate gross savings or losses in relation to the Performance Year Benchmark that accrue to the ACO as Shared Savings or Shared Losses.

  • Except for calculations made as part of a settlement reopening conducted pursuant to Section 12.04.D, CMS may not recalculate the Performance Year Benchmark under Section 11.02.B after the issuance of the settlement report as described in Section 12.04 for the relevant Performance Year.

  • CMS will assess the Performance Year Benchmark to ensure consistency with the standards set forth in the State Agreement and will decide, in its sole discretion, whether to approve or disapprove the Performance Year Benchmark submitted by the GMCB.

  • If CMS retroactively modifies or replaces the trend factor used in calculating the Performance Year Benchmark pursuant to Section 11.02.A, CMS will recalculate the Performance Year Benchmark using the new trend factor according to the methodology described in Appendix B of the Agreement.

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  • In order to accommodate recalculation of the Performance Year Benchmark pursuant to Section 11.02.B, CMS may at its sole discretion delay settlement under Section 12.04 of the Agreement for the affected Performance Year for up to 60 Days.

  • If CMS disapproves the GMCB’s submission for the Performance Year Benchmark, CMS will work with the GMCB to revise the submission to be consistent with the standards set forth in the State Agreement and this Appendix B.

  • For each Performance Year, CMS shall determine the ACO’s Performance Year Benchmark according the methodology in Appendix B.

  • If requested by the Secured Party, the Debtor will assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Secured Party at a place to be designated by the Secured Party.

  • During financial settlement, CMS will apply a downward adjustment to the ACO’s Performance Year Benchmark in an amount of up to 0.5% of the Performance Year expenditure calculated in accordance with Section IV of this Appendix B, depending on the ACO’s actual quality performance.

Related to Performance Year Benchmark

  • Performance Year means the calendar year prior to the year in which an Annual Award is made by the Committee.

  • Performance Period means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance-Based Award.

  • Performance Cycle means one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Administrator may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Criteria will be measured for the purpose of determining a grantee’s right to and the payment of a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Share Award or Cash-Based Award, the vesting and/or payment of which is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance Goals. Each such period shall not be less than 12 months.

  • Award Year means a fiscal year beginning January 1 and ending December 31 with respect to which an Award may be granted.

  • Performance Measure means one or more of the following selected by the Committee to measure Company, Affiliate, and/or business unit performance for a Performance Period, whether in absolute or relative terms (including, without limitation, terms relative to a peer group or index): basic, diluted, or adjusted earnings per share; sales or revenue; earnings before interest, taxes, and other adjustments (in total or on a per share basis); basic or adjusted net income; returns on equity, assets, capital, revenue or similar measure; economic value added; working capital; total shareholder return; and product development, product market share, research, licensing, litigation, human resources, information services, mergers, acquisitions, sales of assets of Affiliates or business units. Each such measure shall be, to the extent applicable, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied by the Company (or such other standard applied by the Committee) and, if so determined by the Committee, and in the case of a Performance Compensation Award, to the extent permitted under Code Section 162(m), adjusted to omit the effects of extraordinary items, gain or loss on the disposal of a business segment, unusual or infrequently occurring events and transactions and cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles. Performance Measures may vary from Performance Period to Performance Period and from Participant to Participant, and may be established on a stand-alone basis, in tandem or in the alternative.

  • Award Cycle means a period of consecutive fiscal years or portions thereof designated by the Committee over which Performance Units are to be earned.

  • Performance Measurement Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(e)(ii).

  • Performance Cash Award means an award of cash granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(c)(ii).

  • Performance Compensation Award means any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.

  • Performance Formula means, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

  • Performance Goal means a performance goal established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3.

  • Award Period means the period beginning on an Award Date and ending on the expiration date of such Award.

  • Performance Target means the level of performance expected of the HSP in respect of a Performance Indicator or a Service Volume; “person or entity” includes any individual and any corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture or other single or collective form of organization under which business may be conducted;

  • Performance Objective means a standard established by the Committee to determine in whole or in part whether a Performance Award shall be earned.

  • Performance Factor means any matter that could or will significantly affect a party’s ability to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement;

  • Performance Metrics means criteria established by the Administrator relating to any of the following, as it may apply to an individual, one or more business units, divisions, or Affiliates, or on a company-wide basis, and in absolute terms, relative to a base period, or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies, peer groups, or an index covering multiple companies:

  • Qualifying Performance Criteria means any one or more of the following performance criteria, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, applied to either the Company as a whole or to a business unit, Parent, Subsidiary or business segment, either individually, alternatively or in any combination, and measured either annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to previous years’ results or to a designated comparison group, and on a pre-tax or after-tax basis, in each case as specified by the Committee in the Award: (i) cash flow (including operating cash flow or free cash flow); (ii) earnings (including gross margin, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, and net earnings); (iii) earnings per share; (iv) growth in earnings or earnings per share; (v) stock price; (vi) return on equity or average stockholders’ equity; (vii) total stockholder return; (viii) return on capital; (ix) return on assets or net assets; (x) return on investment; (xi) revenue; (xii) income or net income; (xiii) operating income or net operating income; (xiv) operating profit or net operating profit; (xv) operating margin; (xvi) return on operating revenue; (xvii) market share; (xviii) contract awards or backlog; (xix) overhead or other expense reduction; (xx) growth in stockholder value relative to the moving average of the S&P 500 Index or a peer group index; (xxi) credit rating; (xxii) strategic plan development and implementation (including individual performance objectives that relate to achievement of the Company’s or any business unit’s strategic plan); (xxiii) improvement in workforce diversity; (xxiv) expenses; (xxv) economic value added; (xxvi) product quality; (xxvii) number of customers; (xxviii) objective customer indicators; (xxix) customer satisfaction; (xxx) new product invention or innovation; (xxxi) profit after taxes; (xxxii) pre-tax profit; (xxxiii) working capital; (xxxiv) sales; (xxxv) advancement of the Company’s product pipeline; (xxxvi) consummation of strategic transactions; (xxxvii) reduction in cash utilization; and (xxxviii) addition of technologies and products. The Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Qualifying Performance Criteria to exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (A) asset write-downs; (B) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (C) the effect of changes in tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results; (D) accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs; and (E) any gains or losses classified as extraordinary or as discontinued operations in the Company’s financial statements.

  • Performance Cash means any cash incentives granted pursuant to Article 9 payable to the Participant upon the achievement of such performance goals as the Committee shall establish.

  • Annual Incentive Award means an Award made subject to attainment of performance goals (as described in Section 14) over a performance period of up to one year (the Company’s fiscal year, unless otherwise specified by the Committee).

  • Annual Award means the cash payment paid or payable to the Executive with respect to a fiscal year under the Corporation's Incentive Compensation Performance Plan.

  • Payout means that time at which cash distributions have been made by the Limited Partnership to the Unit Holders (together with their predecessors in interest) pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Limited Partnership Agreement (together with any distributions to such Unit Holders pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Limited Partnership Agreement), in an aggregate amount equal to the Unit Holders' Subscriptions to the Limited Partnership.

  • Target Award means the target award, at 100% of target level performance achievement, payable under the Plan to a Participant for the Performance Period, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 3(b).

  • Plan Year means the calendar year.

  • Average Incentive Compensation means the average of the annual incentive compensation under Subparagraph 3(a) received by Executive for the three (3) immediately preceding fiscal years or such fewer number of complete fiscal years as Executive may have been employed by the Company. In no event shall “Average Incentive Compensation” include any sign-on bonus, retention bonus or any other special bonus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive breaches any of the provisions contained in Paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Agreement, all payments of the Severance Amount shall immediately cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason as provided in Subparagraph 6(e), he shall be entitled to the Severance Amount only if he provides the Notice of Termination provided for in Subparagraph 6(f) within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of the event or events which constitute such Good Reason as specified in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of Subparagraph 6(e);

  • Payout Period means the time frame during which certain benefits payable hereunder shall be distributed. Payments shall be made in monthly installments commencing on the first day of the month following the occurrence of the event which triggers distribution and continuing for a period of one hundred eighty (180) months. Should the Executive make a Timely Election to receive a lump sum benefit payment, the Executive's Payout Period shall be deemed to be one (1) month.

  • Performance Award Formula means, for any Performance Award, a formula or table established by the Committee pursuant to Section 10.3 which provides the basis for computing the value of a Performance Award at one or more levels of attainment of the applicable Performance Goal(s) measured as of the end of the applicable Performance Period.