Miscellaneous
Clearinghouse Clips: August 6, 2009
Long-Term Care in Health Care Reform: Policy Options to Improve Both
Summary: This policy brief presents four options that merit serious consideration in the current health care reform discussions. The first two options would improve long-term care for people with low incomes and limited financial resources. Review ideas on expanding Medicaid support for home and community-based services and improve coordination of medical and long-term care for Medicare-Medicaid โDual Eligiblesโ. Poll results also gauge interest in reform if long-term services and supports were included.
Topic(s): Long-Term Care
Source: The SCAN Foundation
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2659
Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
Summary: Achieving comprehensive health reform has emerged as a leading priority. In Congress, a number of comprehensive reform proposals have been announced as the debate proceeds. This interactive side-by-side compares the leading comprehensive reform proposals across a number of key characteristics and plan components. Users can choose one or more proposals and one or more topics for comparison.
Topic(s): Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2664
The Future of Long-Term Care: What Is Its Place in the Health Reform Debate?
Summary: More than 10 million Americans require long-term care supports and services yet the system for delivering and paying for this assistance is deeply flawed. The national health reform debate allows policymakers to reconsider long-term care as well. This paper assesses proposals to restructure the delivery and financing of long-term care services.
Topic(s): Long-Term Care
Source: Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2665
Becoming a Person Centered System
Summary: The first in a series on a system change, this report is a collaborative with state developmental disability agencies. In each various location, the goal has been consistent, to create person centered systems that support person directed services. What follows is a brief overview of central ideas including: learning what is and is not working, using value-based skills to drive change, improve quality of life with skills, quality management, and organizational development tools.
Topic(s): Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities
Source: NASDDDS
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2656
CMS State Medicaid Directors Letter: Prompt Pay Provisions for the ARRA
Summary: One of a series designed to provide guidance on the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, this letter addresses the โprompt payโ requirements contained in section 5001(f)(2). States must comply with timely claims processing requirements in the Medicaid program, or potentially lose their eligibility for the increased Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for certain expenditures. More detailed technical guidance is attached to this letter.
Topic(s): State/Agency Information
Source: CMS
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2660
Developing Reimbursement Levels Using the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) in Louisiana
Summary: The Louisiana Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD) chose to explore the use of the SIS as a resource allocation tool. This report is an overview of HSRI and other stakeholder's work in developing assessment informed funding levels. The paper begins with a description of the NOW waiver, follows with a discussion of the process employed by OCDD in collecting SIS data, presents the results, and concludes with a discussion of recent progress and lessons learned.
Topic(s): Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities
Source: HSRI
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2650
Emergency Preparedness Best Practices โ Louisiana
Summary: Review guides that help people be prepared for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. There are separate guides for service providers, case managers, and people with disabilities. Each of the guides covers the steps of: 1) Being prepared for emergencies; 2) Responding at the time of an emergency, and; 3) Recovering after an emergency.
Topic(s): Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities
Source: Louisiana Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2661
Health Characteristics of Adults Aged 55 Years and over: United Statesโ2007
Summary: A new CDC report evaluates the quality of life of older Americans. Using data from the 2004 through 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), this report highlights selected health characteristics of four age groups of older adultsโ55โ64 years, 65โ74 years, 75โ84 years, and 85 years and over. The data are presented for each of these age groups by sex, race, including Hispanic origin, and by poverty, health insurance, and marital status.
Topic(s): Aging Issues
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2663
Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS): Examining the Evidence Base for State Policymakers - Symposium
Summary: More than 130 policymakers, health services researchers, practitioners, and policy experts discussed the measures and evidence to examine whether the expansion of home and community-based services has produced desired outcomes (quality, choice, cost, satisfaction and safety) in the long term for older adults and persons with disabilities. The day was divided into four sessions: (quality, consumer-direction, targeting candidates, determining cost-effectiveness). View the agenda and presentations.
Topic(s): Aging Issues, Consumer Direction, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Financing HCBS, Quality, State/Agency Information
Source: The Hilltop Institute
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2652
Implementing Health Information Technology-- Lessons from the Medicaid Transformation Grants
Summary: This issue of "In Focus" explores health technology especially how it relates to Transformation Grants. States that received grants from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to advance the use of electronic health records and e-prescribing programs confronted challenges other states are likely to face as they implement health information technology initiatives using funds from the Stimulus Bill.
Topic(s): Deficit Reduction Act, State/Agency Information
Source: The Commonwealth Fund
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2658
Implications of State Program Features for Attaining MFP Transition Goals
Summary: This second report in a series focuses on how state variation in level of experience and infrastructure to undertake large-scale transition programs can affect implementation. The authors describe differences in strategies to 1) expand transition coordination capacity 2) locate appropriate housing 3) enhance long-term supports & services 4) change Medicaid HCBS programs/policies to ensure that those who transition can remain in the community after the MFP eligibility period ends.
Topic(s): Consumer Direction, Housing, Money Follows the Person, Transition/Diversion from Institutions
Source: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2655
Medicaidโs New HCBS State Plan Option -Webinar
Summary: In 2006, Congress authorized states to add HCBS as an optional state plan benefit. Because the new benefits (referred to as 1915i) expands access, its addition to the Medicaid service menu has been welcomed by enrollees and advocates alike. This webinar will present an analysis of Medicaidโs new HCBS state plan option, which will include a discussion of the issues surrounding it, the states that have adopted it, and legislative proposals to modify it to ensure it achieves its intended purpose.
Topic(s): Deficit Reduction Act, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care, Money Follows the Person, Waiver
Source: National Consumer Law Center
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2657
Mississippi ADRC Focus Group Report
Summary: The Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) conducted three focus groups in the Central Mississippi Planning & Development District/AAA service area. The groups gathered information from individuals with disabilities and older individuals concerning the status of HCBS programs and independent living related services. Discussion was facilitated by IDS and focused on AoA factors impacting successful ADRC implementation: visibility and trust, ease of access, responsiveness, and effectiveness.
Topic(s): Aging Issues, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Resource Center, Single Point of Entry/No Wrong Door
Source: Grantee produced, Mississippi
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2653
Mississippi's ADRC Website and Logo
Summary: Known as "Mississippi GetHelp", this ADRC is a statewide service. Review their website which offers a self-assessment tool. There logo is also attached.
Topic(s): Aging Issues, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Resource Center, Single Point of Entry/No Wrong Door
Source: Grantee produced, Mississippi
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2654
Providing More Long-Term Support and Services at Home
Summary: What are the policy options for Medicaid HCBS? This fact sheet suggests: broadening the scope of covered services, enhancing federal Medicaid matches to states to expand HCBS, allowing Medicaid HCBS beneficiaries to retain more assets to pay for home modifications or health services not covered by Medicaid, and allowing Medicaid HCBS waiver programs to serve people with lower levels of functional disability than those required for people in nursing homes.
Topic(s): Long-Term Care
Source: AARP Public Policy Institute
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2666
State Partnerships to Improve Quality: Models and Practices from Leading States
Summary: NASHP identified 10 leading state quality improvement partnerships - interrelated broad-based partnerships, mostly with public and private sector representation, which have long-term, statewide, systemic quality improvement strategic intent, and transparent agendas. This issue brief summarizes results of NASHP's full report that examines these partnerships in Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
Topic(s): Quality
Source: Rutgers/NASHP
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2662
Using Research To Improve Practice and Inform Policy in Assisted Living: A Manual for Community-Based Participatory Research
Summary: A new first-of-its-kind e-manual has been published about improving practices and informing policies in assisted living communities through the use of a collaborative method of research โ community-based participatory research (CBPR). The manual serves as a โhow-toโ resource for researchers, practitioners, advocates, policy makers, and community members and explains the principles and methods of community-based participatory research with actual examples from the medication management research.
Topic(s): Aging Issues, Housing, Long-Term Care
Source: CEALโUNC Collaborative
More Info: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/2651
By: The clearinghouse or Home and Community Based Services
When: 7/2/2014
