Common use of Carry-Forward/Reclamation Clause in Contracts

Carry-Forward/Reclamation. The master plan/protocol must describe the ability of a hospital to earn payment for any missed metric within a defined time period. Carry- forward/reclamation of incentive payments is only available to the hospital associated with a given incentive payment and is not available for redistribution to other hospitals. Carry-forward/reclamation is limited to this demonstration approval period ending June 30, 2017. i. If a participating hospital system does not fully achieve a metric that was specified in its plan for completion in a particular year, the payment associated with that metric may be rolled over for 12 months and be available if the hospital meets the missed metric in addition to the metric associated with the year in which the payment is made. ii. In the case of a participating hospital that is close to meeting a metric in a particular year, the hospital may be granted a grace period to the reporting deadline set for a particular payment cycle by which to meet a metric associated with the incentive payment if it has an approved plan modification pursuant to section VIII. The allowable time period for such a grace period may vary based on the type and scope of the project associated with such metric and may be up to 180 days. The plan modification must be approved by the Commonwealth and CMS 30 days prior to the deadline of the incentive payment reporting pursuant to section X. The plan modification must outline how the hospital plans to meet the metric within the given grace period. The process for hospital plan modification, including the modification requirements, deadline by which a hospital must submit a requested modification and the Commonwealth and CMS approval process will be outlined within the master DSTI plan pursuant to section VIII. iii. Projects that focus primarily on infrastructure will have further limited rollover ability as defined in the master DSTI plan.

Carry-Forward/Reclamation. The master plan/protocol must describe the ability of a hospital to earn payment for any missed metric within a defined time period. Carry- forward/reclamation of incentive payments is only available to the hospital associated associate with a given incentive payment and is not available for redistribution to other hospitals. Carry-forward/reclamation is limited to this demonstration approval period ending June 30, 20172014. i. If a participating hospital system does not fully achieve a metric that was specified in its plan for completion in a particular year, the payment associated with that metric may be rolled over for 12 months and be available if the hospital meets the missed metric in addition to the metric associated with the year in which the payment is made. ii. In the case of a participating hospital that is close to meeting a metric in a particular year, the hospital may be granted a grace period to the reporting deadline set for a particular payment cycle by which to meet a metric associated with the incentive payment if it has an approved plan modification pursuant to section VIIISTC 50(a)(9) above. The allowable time period for such a grace period may vary based on the type and scope of the project associated with such metric and may be up to 180 days. The plan modification must be approved by the Commonwealth and CMS 30 days prior to the deadline of the incentive payment reporting pursuant to section X. STCs 50 and 51(c). The plan modification must outline how the hospital plans to meet the metric within the given grace period. The process for hospital plan modification, including the modification requirements, deadline by which a hospital must submit a requested modification and the Commonwealth and CMS approval process will be outlined within the master DSTI plan pursuant to section VIIISTC 52(a)(9). iii. Projects that focus primarily on infrastructure will have further limited rollover ability as defined in the master DSTI plan.