Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Notice for the Solicitation of Proposals for the Private, For-Profit Demonstration Project for the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

This notice solicits proposals from private, for-profit organizations for a fully capitated joint Medicare and Medicaid demonstration program. The purpose of this demonstration is to determine whether the risk-based long-term care model employed by the nonprofit Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) can be replicated successfully by for-profit organizations in various communities nationwide with comparable costs, quality, and access to services. The PACE model focuses on frail community dwelling elderly, most of whom are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and all of whom are assessed as being eligible for nursing home placement according to their State's standards. The program of care includes as core services the provision of adult day care and case management through which a multidisciplinary team coordinates all health and long-term care services for a participant. This demonstration will include a maximum of 10 for-profit demonstration sites.

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