Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-468

EHS 468

Western Mass Regional Hospital

Messrs. Welch and Lesser moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0700, by adding at the end thereof the following: “provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to establish a 1-year pilot program to increase efficiencies and align system-wide goals within a regional hospital system located in Western Massachusetts to improve the overall sustainability of the system and to create a comprehensive approach to system-wide needs and a transition into the structure of the new 1115 Medicaid Waiver; provided further, that the pilot program will include measurable milestones that shall demonstrate progress in at least 1 of the following areas: (a) care coordination, integration and delivery transformations; (b) electronic health records and information exchange advancements; (c) increasing alternative payment methods and accountable care organizations; (d) enhancing patient safety; (e) increasing access to behavioral health services; (f) increasing coordination between system hospitals and community-based providers and organizations; and (g) preparing the system to undertake risk as a potentially designated ACO”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “2,638,047,224” and inserting in place thereof the figures “2,643,047,224”.