North Dakota Comprehensive Primary Care Plus

North Dakota was selected to participate in round 2 of a 5-year test demonstration of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+). CPC+ is an advanced primary care medical home model that rewards value and quality through innovative payments that support comprehensive care. CPC+ is an initiative developed by CMS that transitions Medicare fee-for-service to value based payments in collaboration with Medicaid and commercial payers in selected regions. CPC+ Round 2 regions were selected based on payer alignment and market density to ensure that CPC+ practices have sufficient payer supports to make fundamental changes in their primary care delivery. Payer partners, and care providers in North Dakota have partnered with Medicaid in a project that aims to strengthen primary care through regionally-based multi payer payment reform and care delivery transformation. This unique public-private partnership gives practices additional financial resources and flexibility to make investments, improve quality of life, and reduce the number of unnecessary services patients receive.