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Agency MPIP Model 2023-2024

October 1, 2023-January 31, 2025

Physicians qualified to participate in the MMA Physician Incentive Program (MPIP) are the physician types listed below who meet plan-specific access and quality criteria. Providers who qualified for MPIP Year 7 (October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023) through an Individual Health Plan MPIP (IHP Incentive Program) must continue to be qualified for the MPIP year beginning October 1, 2023. If any providers have newly qualified for MPIP under the 2023-2024 Agency MPIP model requirements, these providers must also be added for the MPIP year beginning October 1, 2023.

Due to the transition to the new Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) health plan contracts on February 1, 2025, the 2023-2024 MPIP year is being extended through January 31, 2025.  The MPIP Year 2024-2025 will begin on February 1, 2025, with the rollout of the new contracts.

MPIP Covered Physician Types:

  • Pediatric Primary Care Physicians (including General Practitioners and Family Practitioners)
  • OB/GYNs
  • Specialist Physicians for all services provided to enrollees under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
    • Plans must reimburse both in and out-of-network Emergency Room physicians at the MPIP enhanced rates for services rendered to members under 21 years of age.
    • Plans must reimburse all out-of-network Hospital-based Specialty physicians at the MPIP enhanced rates for services rendered to members under 21 years of age.

2023-2024 MPIP - Qualified Providers:

Below is a list of Primary Care Physicians and OB/GYNs by name, reported by the plans to the Agency, who meet the 2023-2024 Agency MPIP qualifying criteria prior to the implementation date. All specialist physicians serving members under the age of 21 qualify for the MPIP program and will not be listed on the Qualified Providers list. Specialists are encouraged to work with their respective health plans to submit claims for the MPIP enhanced rates when providing services to members under the age of 21. Qualified providers will begin to receive enhanced rates for dates of service beginning on or after the implementation date.

During each year of MPIP, plans are required to reassess Primary Care and OB/GYN physician eligibility for the program six months after implementation. For MPIP 2023-2024, plans will be required to reassess physician eligibility for enhanced rates for dates of service beginning on or after April 1, 2024. This allows providers who become qualified after the October 1, 2023, implementation date a second opportunity to become eligible for MPIP. The 2023-2024 MPIP qualified provider list, available at the link below, will be updated after each reassessment. 

2023-2024 MPIP Qualified Providers List: October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024 [ excel 749.9 kB ]

Note: The October and April MPIP qualification windows do not apply to determining MPIP eligibility for specialty physicians. Therefore, there should not be a delay in specialty physicians receiving enhanced payments, even if they joined a plan network between October and April.

If you are a provider contracted with a health plan to provide services and you feel that your name was omitted from the Qualified Providers List in error, please contact the plan directly. Plan contact information for providers can be found at the link below.

Health Plan Contacts for Providers [ pdf 153.6 kB ]

MPIP Qualifying Criteria:

Pediatric Primary Care Physician (PCP)

Option 1 – A site has been recognized by one of the following organizations as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) with a recognition date on or before October 1, 2023:

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) 

Option 2 – A site with at least fifty (50) panel members must achieve or exceed the benchmarks for the following metrics. All measures below must be calculated using HEDIS Measurement Year 2022 specifications/Child Core Set specifications for Measurement Year 2022 services.

MeasureBenchmark to Qualify
Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (3-21 yrs.)55.59%
Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (3-11 yrs.)62.24%
Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (12-17 yrs.)53.71%
Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (18-21 yrs.)27.94%
Well Child Visits in the First 30 Mos. (0-15 mos.) – 6 or more visits58.68%
Well Child Visits in the First 30 Mos. (15-30 mos.) – 2 or more visits76.50%
Lead Screening72.34%
Obstetrician/Gynecologist (OB/GYN)

Option 1 - A site has been recognized as a Patient Centered Specialty Practice (PCSP) by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) or by one of the following organizations as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) with a recognition date on or before October 1, 2023:

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC)

Option 2 – Site must achieve or exceed the benchmark for all three of the following measures for the health plan’s Medicaid members. 

MeasureMeasurement PeriodBenchmark to Quality
HEDIS: Timeliness of Prenatal CareHEDIS Measurement Year 202283.53%
HEDIS: Postpartum CareHEDIS Measurement Year 202276.18%
Florida Medicaid Cesarean Section RateCY 2022<35%
Specialty Physicians

All physicians who are Specialists, regardless of board certification. No additional qualification measures are required.

Additional information on types of physicians excluded from the MMA Physician Incentive Program is available on the Excluded Providers page.

2023-2024 MPIP - Included Services and Enhanced Payments:

Pediatric Primary Care Physicians and Obstetricians/Gynecologists

The included services to qualify for enhanced payments for Pediatric Primary Care Physicians and Obstetricians/Gynecologists are the following:
- All services provided to recipients under the age of 21 years by a qualified primary care physician
- All OB/GYN services rendered to pregnant women.

Specialty Physicians

Included services are all medically necessary specialist services provided to recipients under the age of 21 years.

Enhanced Payments

Payment to a qualified provider for included services will be equivalent to the Medicare Specific Locality fee-for-service rate that is in effect as of January 1, 2023 (for services provided between October 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023) and January 1, 2024 (for services provided January 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024) when a Medicare rate is available for the code associated with the included service. Payments to qualified providers may be made either through a capitated arrangement or on a fee-for-service arrangement, as defined by the health plan.

NOTE – The enhanced rates for included services are calculated by health plans, according to Medicare rates, effective October 1, 2023.

The General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (SB 2500) included an appropriation to increase reimbursement rates for physicians providing pediatric care, including those physicians providing pediatric care currently being paid at the Medicare rate to amounts greater than Medicare reimbursement rates. In accordance with this act, the reimbursement rates for qualifying physicians for services rendered to members under 21 years of age should be made at 105.6% of the Medicare or Medicare equivalent rates outlined below.

For pediatric evaluation and management codes included in the file at the following link, the 2023 Medicare Rates in the Excel file must be used for enhanced payments for services provided between October 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. The 2024 MPIP Rates for Children’s Primary Care Codes will be used for enhanced payments for services provided between January 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024. The reimbursement rates listed in this file reflect an increase to 105.6% of the Medicare rate for both time periods.

MPIP Rates for Children’s Primary Care Codes [ excel 20.8 kB ]

For codes without rates published on First Coast’s website but that have Medicare Relative Value Units (RVUs), the rate calculation methodology below (as published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at  https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/PhysicianFeeSched/PFS-Relative-Value-Files.html) must be used.

Effective October 1, 2023 through December 31, 20232023 Non-Facility Pricing Amount = 
[(Work RVU * Work GPCI) +
(Non-Facility PE RVU * PE GPCI)
+ (MP RVU * MP GPCI)] * Conversion Factor (CF)

2023 Facility Pricing Amount =
[(Work RVU * Work GPCI) +
(Facility PE RVU * PE GPCI) +
(MP RVU * MP GPCI)] * Conversion Factor (CF)
January 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024

Note: The 2024 Non-Facility and Facility Pricing Amounts will be provided in the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, when released.
2024 Non-Facility Pricing Amount =
[(Work RVU * Work GPCI) +
(Non-Facility PE RVU * PE GPCI) +
(MP RVU * MP GPCI)] * Conversion Factor (CF)

2024 Facility Pricing Amount =
[(Work RVU * Work GPCI) +
(Facility PE RVU * PE GPCI) +
(MP RVU * MP GPCI)] * Conversion Factor (CF)

For MPIP included service codes that do not have a Medicare equivalent and for which RVUs = 0, the managed care plan must use the following formula:

Florida Medicaid rate x 1.6667 = Medicare equivalent rate*

                *This Medicare equivalent rate must be reduced by the 2% sequestration.

Vaccine Administration Services Codes – MPIP Rates
CodeDescriptionMaximum Fee *
90460Administration of first vaccine/toxoid through 18 years of age, via any route, with counseling.$24.01
+90461Administration of vaccine/toxoid component through 18 years of age with counseling.$12.00
90471Administration of one vaccine, single or combination vaccine/toxoid. (percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous or intramuscular).$24.01
+90472Administration of each additional vaccine, single or combination vaccine/toxoid.  (percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous or intramuscular).$12.00
90473Immunization administration by intranasal or oral route of one vaccine, single or combination vaccine/toxoid.$24.01
+90474Administration of each additional intranasal or oral vaccine (single or combination vaccine/toxoid).$12.00

 

Additional Program Documents

Program History

MPIP Year 1: 2016 – 2017
MPIP Year 2: 2017 – 2018
MPIP Year 3: 2018 – 2019
MPIP Year 4: 2019 – 2020
MPIP Year 5: 2020 – 2021
MPIP Year 6: 2021 – 2022
MPIP Year 7: 2022 – 2023