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Medicaid Home And Community-Based Waivers: CMS Should Encourage States to Conduct Mortality Reviews for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
05/04/2008 | Requests *Summary
The GAO conducted a study in which they examined the extent to which states (1) include, as a critical incident, deaths among individuals with developmental disabilities in waiver programs; (2) have basic components in place to review such deaths; and (3) have adopted additional components to review deaths. The report outlines six basic mortality review components. Review the two key recommendations offered to CMS.
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- Report PDF (868K, 54 pages)
Keywords
comprehensive mortality reviews; reporting deaths; Death as critical incident;
Topic
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Waiver
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
GAO: Government Accountability Office
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
11/04/2008
Contact
John Dicken
dickenj@gao.gov
202-512-7114
dickenj@gao.gov
202-512-7114
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