Direct Contracting Model Options | CMS Innovation Center

Direct Contracting Model Options | CMS Innovation Center

Now Available: PY1 Application Tool for Direct Contracting Model (Global and Professional Options)

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) is excited to announce that the Performance Year 1 application portal for the Direct Contracting Professional and Global options will open on June 4th, 2020. The portal is available at https://app1.innovation.cms.gov/dcrfa/dcrfaLogin. 

Applications for Performance Year 1 are due by July 6, 2020 at 11:59 PM ET. The start date for Performance Year 1 will be April 1, 2021. There will be a second cohort of Direct Contracting Professional and Global options that starts on January 1, 2022. The application period for this cohort will begin in the first quarter of 2021. 

We encourage you to monitor the Direct Contracting website (https://innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/direct-contracting-model-options) for future updates. Please contact our help desk with any questions/comments at DPC@cms.hhs.gov.