DHS Seeks Nursing Home PIPP Proposals

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Julie Apold

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is seeking proposals for the next round of the Nursing Home Performance-Based Incentive Payment Program (PIPP). Proposals are due May 1. Incentive payments for selected projects will begin on Jan. 1, 2019. 

All Medicaid certified nursing families are invited to submit proposals. Nursing facilities with existing contracts for the maximum five percent performance incentive payment for rate year beginning Jan. 1, 2019 are not eligible to apply. 

Projects are selected through a competitive process and funded for up to five percent of the weighted average operating payment rate. Providers risk losing up to 20 percent of their project funding if they fail to achieve measurable outcomes tied to state nursing home performance measures.  

DHS is specifically interested in proposals that:

• Improve the quality of care and quality of life for residents in a nursing home in a measurable way.
• Deliver good quality care more efficiently.
• Rebalance long-term care and make more efficient and effective use of resources. 

For more information, visit the DHS Nursing Facility Provider Portal and download the PIPP Request for Proposals, PIPP Instruction Manual, PIPP Fillable Proposal Form and PIPP Add-On Calculator. 

DHS will offer a PIPP Boot Camp in March to help providers create and write an effective proposal. For more information, see PIPP Boot Camp.