Care Redesign Program

In response to Maryland stakeholders' requests, care redesign provides tools for greater provider alignment and transformation. Care redesign aims to support:

Effective care management and population health activities
Improvement in care for high and rising risk populations
Efforts to provide high quality, efficient, well-coordinated episodes of care
Hospitals and their Care Partners in monitoring and controlling Medicare beneficiaries' Total Cost of Care (TCOC) growth
The next steps toward delivery system transformation

Key Care Redesign Program Documents and Information

Fraud and Abuse Waivers from CMS

Memo on QP Threshold Test for CRP Care Partners

QPP Participation Status Look-Up Page

Participation Agreement

EQIP CRP Calendar - PP7 (2022)

EQIP CRP Calendar - PP8 (2023)

ECIP CRP Calendar - PP8 (2023)

EQIP Track Template 2023

ECIP Track Template 2023 - Must complete through ECIP Management Interface. Email care.redesign@crisphealth.org for instructions.

Contact care.redesign@crisphealth.org for questions on care redesign.

The voluntary, hospital-led tracks align hospitals and their care partners through common goals and incentives. As of January 1, 2023, 17 hospitals are participating in the Episode Care Improvement Program (ECIP).

Episode Care Improvement Program (ECIP)

Anne Arundel Medical Center

Doctors Community Hospital

Garrett Regional Medical Center

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Holy Cross Hospital

Meritus Medical Center

University Of Maryland Medical Center

University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown

University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center

University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center

University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center

University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center

University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Chestertown

University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Easton

University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institution

UPMC Western Maryland Health Systems

Episode Care Improvement Program (ECIP)

The Episode Care Improvement Program (ECIP) is designed to allow a hospital to link payments across providers during an episode of care. Maryland modeled ECIP on CMS’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Program Advanced.

Episode payment models bundle payments to health care providers for certain items and services furnished during an episode of care. ECIP’s bundled payment approach aligns incentives across hospitals, physicians, and post-acute care facilities to generate savings and improve quality through better care management during episodes, eliminating unnecessary care, and reducing post-discharge emergency department visits and hospital readmissions. ECIP provides hospitals with the opportunity to provide incentive payments to care partners that help achieve these goals.

ECIP intervention categories include clinical care and care redesign; beneficiary and caregiver engagement; and care coordination and care transitions.

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Care Redesign Program

Key Care Re​​design Program Documents and Information

Modernization

Key Care Redesign Program Documents and Information