CMS Releases RFI For PACE Model Test Program

On December 23, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a request for information (RFI) to collect comments on the elements of a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)-like model for dual eligible consumers age 21 and older with disabilities. The model is called the Person Centered Community Care (P3C) program; it would serve consumers dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid who need a nursing facility level of care. Currently, PACE is a center-based model that provides Medicare and Medicaid services for dual eligible consumers age 55 and older who need a . . .