Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP) Affordable Care Act - Section 3026

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is dedicating millions of dollars nationwide to communities focused on helping improve patient transitions as they move between care settings. Funding was made available on April 12, 2011 through the Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP). CMS is currently accepting applications for CCTP participation.

CCTP, mandated by Section 3026 of the Affordable Care Act, provides funding to communities to improve care transitions for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries and create a more positive, patient-centered experience during this process. CCTP is an integral part of Partnership for Patients, a national patient safety initiative.

The goals of the CCTP are to:

  • Improve transitions of beneficiaries from the inpatient hospital setting to other care settings
  • Improve quality of care
  • Reduce readmissions for high-risk beneficiaries
  • Document measureable savings to the Medicare program

CCTP Solicitation for Applications

Applying For CCTP? We Can Help.

We are providing assistance to communities throughout Colorado related to improving the safety of care transitions. For more information, contact Terrey Currie at tcurrie@cfmc.org or 303-695-3300 ext. 3029.

 

 

Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), the Medicare quality improvement organization for Colorado, prepared this material under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily reflect CMS Policy.