New York State DOH received 50 DSRIP project design grant applications with budgets totaling $76.2 million and capital estimates reaching a total of $4.2 billion. Budget requests for the one year planning period (the “project design grants”) range from $340,000...
Applications for DSRIP planning funds were due on Thursday, June 26, 2014. The DOH received 50 applications. These applications will be reviewed by the state team, and awards for accepted applications will be made on August 1, 2014. To view the received...
Diane Simonik has been promoted to the position of AHI Accountant. Diane joined AHI in December 2013 as an Accounting Specialist. “Diane quickly displayed a strong understanding of administering fiscal policies and procedures and has been instrumental in...
The DSRIP Project Design Grant application included projections of capital needed by PPS partners to implement DSRIP programs. Cost-effective health system redesign will require repurposing existing infrastructure. In some areas, there is a need to expand primary...
The emerging Performing Provider System’s (PPS) vision is to realize the primary recommendation of the North Country Health Systems Redesign Commission (NCHSRC), “to ensure that New Yorkers in the North Country achieve high quality care, better health outcomes, and...
AHI has published the latest edition of our newsletter, AHInsider — July 2014. This issue spotlights a number of initiatives, including a planning grant to reduce avoidable emergency room visits and potentially preventable inpatient stays, and a grant to train...
The state recently provided each Performing Provider System (PPS) with feedback. AHI’s Letter of Intent was described as “overall, a good proposal,” that would benefit from additional partners, particularly behavioral health and substance use disorder providers, and...
The set of partners working together on a DSRIP initiative is known as the “Performing Provider System” (PPS). Developing a shared governance model for the PPS is a planning activity that will be supported with the Project Design Grant dollars. The Project Advisory...
In May, AHI formed a DSRIP Project Advisory Committee, or PAC, that was charged with producing DSRIP project recommendations in a very short time-frame. Membership was determined by a “nomination survey”. The group met three times over the past several weeks and...
