(a) The commissioner shall develop a plan to assess readiness of rural communities and rural health care providers to adopt value-based, global budgeting or alternative payment systems and recommend steps needed to implement them. The commissioner may use the development of case studies and modeling of alternate payment systems to demonstrate value-based payment systems that ensure a baseline level of essential community or regional health services and address population health needs.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 62J.0417

  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.

(b) The commissioner shall develop recommendations for pilot projects with the aim of ensuring financial viability of rural health care entities in the context of spending growth targets. The commissioner shall include the plan, recommendations, and related findings in the reports required under section 62J.312, subdivision 3.