Alaska Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds Grant

The Alaska Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds aim to enhance the quality of care and life for nursing home residents by reinvesting collected CMPs into various supportive initiatives. These funds facilitate projects like resident relocation, consumer advocacy involvement, and facility improvements, ensuring that nursing homes comply with regulations. Organizations such as advocacy groups, nursing home associations, and state agencies can apply for these funds to drive positive changes in long-term care facilities across Alaska.

About CMP Funds
A CMP is a monetary penalty the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) may impose against nursing homes for either the number of days or for each instance a nursing home is not in substantial compliance with one or more Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements for long-term care facilities.
A portion of CMPs collected from nursing homes are returned to the states in which CMPs are imposed. State CMP funds may be reinvested to support activities that benefit nursing home residents and that protect or improve their quality of care or quality of life. Alaska maintains information about projects funded by CMP funds on the CMPRP website.
Funding Uses
CMP funds may be used for (but not limited to) the following:

• Assistance to support and protect residents of a facility that closes or is decertified

Time-limited expenses incurred in the process of relocating residents to home and community-based settings or another facility when a facility is closed or downsized pursuant to an agreement with the state Medicaid agency
Projects that support resident and family councils and other consumer involvement in assuring quality care in facilities
Facility improvement initiatives, such as joint training of facility staff and surveyors, or technical assistance for facilities implementing quality assurance and performance improvement programs.

Eligibility

Organizations that may qualify for use of CMP grant funds include, but are not limited to:Consumer advocacy organizationsResident or family councilsProfessional or state nursing home associationsCMS-certified long-term care facilities (SNF, NF)VendorsState AgenciesAcademic institutionsQuality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO)Veterans' homes and Indian Health Service/tribal LTC facilitiesFacilities must be in compliance with CMS requirements to apply.

Ineligibility

Funds cannot be used to bring facilities back into compliance with CMS requirements.Projects cannot exceed 3 years.The following examples of non-allowable uses of CMP funds are not all-inclusive. Please see the Allowable and Non-Allowable Uses of CMP Funds download for more information:Capital ImprovementsNursing home services or supplies that are already the responsibility of the nursing home, such as laundry, linen, food, heat, staffing costs, medical equipment, resident transportation, resident beds, etc.Palliative Care ServicesPreviously denied CMRP ProjectsSupplementary funding of federally required services (e.g., Quality Improvement Organization-Quality Improvement Network Initiatives).Projects for which a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest existsConflict of Interest ProhibitionsComplex Technology