November 9, 2023
The CMS Innovation Center’s Making Care Primary (MCP) Model team will be answering questions about the forthcoming model in an Office Hours webinar on Tuesday, November 21, at 2:00 PM ET. In addition to the live Q&A, attendees will be able to submit questions in advance upon registering here. Please note, this will be the final Office Hour event before the application portal closes on Thursday, November 30, at 11:59 PM ET.
To support application submission, the MCP team has published new resources to the model webpage, including:
- An MCP Application Example in PDF format
- A step-by-step Application User Manual
- A recording of last month’s Office Hours, as well as a transcript and slides
Interested organizations are encouraged to begin their applications even if they are not prepared to submit at this time; doing so helps CMS provide more tailored support to applicants. Eligibility requirements and additional model details can be found in the Request for Applications (RFA).
Additional resources for interested applicants include:
- Making Care Primary Model Overview Video and Model Overview Factsheet
- Application Tracks Factsheet, which includes an example decision tree for track selection
- Frequently Asked Questions, which are updated on a rolling basis
- A Payer Partner Factsheet and Payer Partners Guide to Alignment
- A CMS Innovation Center Primary Care Models Comparison
MCP will launch July 1, 2024, in eight states: Colorado, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Washington, and will operate over a 10.5-year period. This model aims to strengthen coordination between patients’ primary care clinicians, specialists, social service providers, and behavioral health clinicians to drive improved chronic disease prevention, fewer emergency room visits, and better health outcomes.
For questions about the MCP Model, send an email to MCP@cms.hhs.gov. To stay up to date on upcoming model announcements, events, and resources, sign up for the MCP Model listserv.