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[531] Second, the proposed policy includes calculations related to truncated national per capita expenditures used in determining the ACPT as described in 425.660(b)(3) that are not included in 425.611(c), [532] as well as references to other new or proposed calculations that do not rely on expenditures from a period of time overlapping the Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 for the United States which was in effect from January 27, 2020, through May 11, 2023 (capping the proposed prepaid shared savings multiplier ( 425.640(f)(2)(v)), calculating the proposed HEBA scaler ( 425.662(b)(2)), and determining whether an ACO that does not meet its minimum savings requirement qualifies for a shared savings payment ( 425.605(h))
We note we used the currently approved burden in the CY 2024 PFS final rule (88 FR 79444 through 79446) as the baseline to determine the net change in burden
We understand that safety planning is consistent with current practice standards and that many hospitals and clinicians in other settings are already providing some or all of these services to the people who need them, including through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
As MVP scoring data becomes available in the future, we will reassess our methodology for estimating MVP participation and final scores
