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Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report. Appendix 1. Medicaid 1915(i) Home and Community-based Services Option

The 1915(i) home and community-based services (HCBS) state plan option presents a vehicle for states that are interested in supporting individuals with serious mental illness in attaining and sustaining competitive work. Differences in the design of the 1915(i), such as using needs-based rather than institutional level of care eligibility criteria

Early Intervention Financing and Resources: Final Report

This report presents findings from a study of the implementation of coordinated specialty care services provided to individuals who are experiencing the early stages of schizophrenia as part of the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH’s) Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) initiative. This NIMH initiative is a test o

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Accelerating Adoption of Assistive Technology to Reduce Physical Strain among Family Caregivers of the Chronically Disabled Elderly Living at Home. Notes

These are for transfers to and from: Bed to Chair, Chair to Toilet, Chair to Chair, or Car to Chair. These are transfers that family caregivers are more likely to perform. Pam Doty, Lisa Alecxih, Vice President, Greg Link, Kathleen Kelly, Margaret Campbell-Kotler, and Mary Becker. "Expanding the Use of Assistive Technologies and Home

Improving Care for Populations Disproportionally Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Recommendations for Further Exploration

The following ten recommendations were identified by the Task Force as having the potential to be addressed through federal activities, pending the availability of resources. Stakeholders assert that the National Plan needs to address and incorporate strategies that are culturally and linguistically appropriate. For example, detection tools

Improving Care for Populations Disproportionally Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Acronyms

ABA American Bar Association ACA Affordable Care Act ACL HHS Administration for Community Living ADHC

Improving Care for Populations Disproportionally Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

The National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease requires the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Administration for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to establish a task force to create a plan of action to address the needs of specific

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APPENDIX C. TENNESSEE ENROLLMENT TARGETS AND PD-

Participant-Directed Services in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: A Five State Comparison. Appendix C. Tennessee Enrollment Targets and Pd-mltss Performance Measures

Tennessee developed distinct benchmarks, standards, and quality outcomes for PD-MLTSS programs. Quality benchmarks specified in Tennessee's contract 18 require the three MCOs (United HealthCare, Amerigroup, and Volunteer State Health Plan) to increase the number of participant-directing members each year over the life of the contract. The contr

Participant-Directed Services in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: A Five State Comparison. Notes

Sciegaj, M., & Selkow, I. (2011). Growth and Prevalence of Participant Direction: Findings from the National Survey of Publically Funded Participant-Directed Services Programs. Retrieved from http://web.bc.edu/libtools/details.php?entryid=340 . Carlson, B.L., Foster, L., Dale, S.B., & Brown, R. (2007). Effects of Cash and Cou

3.2. State Requirements for Participant-Directed

Participant-Directed Services in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: A Five State Comparison. 3.2. State Requirements for Participant-Directed Managed Long-Term Services and Supports

How states communicate their requirements for PD-MLTSS varies. Three states (Arizona, Massachusetts, and Texas) relied less on specific contract language regarding the development and management of PD-MLTSS. Two states (Arizona and Texas) indicated they have developed detailed policy and procedure manuals or handbooks. Those states without specifi

Participant-Directed Services in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: A Five State Comparison. 3.1. General Program Characteristics

Four (Arizona, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas) of the five study states integrate medical (primary and acute), community-based LTSS, and institutional long-term care (intermediate care and skilled nursing facilities). Three of the states (Arizona, Tennessee, and Texas) also include behavioral health services. As noted in Appendix B , Table B1

Participant-Directed Services in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: A Five State Comparison

As of the beginning of 2013, 16 states had Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) plans available, with enrollment being either mandatory or voluntary for target populations that varied by state (e.g., elderly, younger adults with adult-onset disabilities, persons with intellectual or other developmental disabilities). In 13 of t

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Care Coordination for People With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. References

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Partnership supports patients with dementia and their caregivers through care coordinator team, leading to improved psychosocial outcomes . Additional details on the Partners in Dementia Care (PDC) intervention in the VA (see also Judge 2011). Available at http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?i

Care Coordination for People With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Coordinating Long-Term Services and Supports

Two studies focused on coordinating LTSS. Influenced by the National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration of the early 1980s, the Medicare Alzheimer Disease Demonstration and Evaluation (MADDE) was an RCT that was designed to increase access to formal LTSS through care coordination and access to additional LTSS for people with Alzheimer's disea

Care Coordination for People With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Literature Review Methods

We conducted literature searches in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane, and Ageline using the keywords "Care Coordination" and "Case Management," focusing on health care or long-term services and supports (LTSS) settings, and limited to persons with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Searches in PubMed combined the MeSH term "Alzheimer disease

Care Coordination for People With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

This report summarizes the research literature on care coordination for people with Alzheimer's disease, with a particular focus on programs that coordinate both medical care and long-term services and supports. Overall, there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of these programs in improving patient outcomes or reducing health care utilizati

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Quality in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs. Appendix F. Tennessee's Choices in Long-term CARE

Element Description MLTSS Program CHOICES in Long-Term Services and Supports Lead Agency

Quality in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs. Appendix C. Minnesota Senior CARE Plus and Minnesota Senior Health Options

Element Description MLTSS Program Minnesota Senior Care Plus (MSC+) Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO)

Quality in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs. Appendix A. Arizona Long-term CARE System

Element Description MLTSS Program Arizona Long-Term Care System (ALTCS) Lead Agency

Quality in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs. Notes

Saucier P., Kasten J., Burwell B., and Gold L. 2012. The Growth of Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Programs: A 2012 Update . Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Delivery-Systems/Downloads/MLTSSP_White_paper_combined.pdf . Accessed August 8, 2013.

Quality in Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs. Bibliography

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System . (October 2012). Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Strategy . http://www.azahcccs.gov/reporting/Downloads/QualityStrategy.pdf . Accessed September 4, 2013.

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