Common use of Assignment Date Clause in Contracts

Assignment Date. Assignment is the process by which CMS will work with the State to align beneficiaries with this Demonstration to create the Demonstration group for purposes of evaluation and making performance payment determinations, including ensuring that beneficiaries are appropriately assigned across Medicare shared savings initiatives. Assignment has no impact on the services beneficiaries are eligible to receive or on provider reimbursement. Beneficiaries are assigned to this Demonstration beginning on the date on which the beneficiary meets the Demonstration eligibility requirements. Assigned beneficiaries are those eligible for the Demonstration (as specified in Section III.B.1 and Appendix 7). With the exception of beneficiaries who are newly eligible for this Demonstration due to gaining Medicare-Medicaid enrollee status or moving into the Demonstration area, beneficiaries must be assigned to this Demonstration within nine (9) months of the Demonstration’s implementation (see Appendix 7 for additional details).