Withhold purpose. The percent of withhold amounts repaid to each MCOP for the Opt-In program will be determined in accordance with the ‘CMS Medicare-Medicaid Capitated Financial Alignment Model Quality Withhold Technical Notes’. This document also outlines the CMS core measures evaluated in the withhold analysis performed by CMS.
Withhold purpose. The withhold measures are in place for the purpose of incentivizing higher quality of care provided.
