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The CMS Medicaid Targeted Case Management Rule: Implications for Special Needs Service Providers and Programs

04/25/2008 | Requests *

Summary

This issue brief reviews how new rules issued by CMS governing Medicaid coverage of targeted case management (TCM) services would affect people with complex health needs receiving home and community-based services. The author finds that the availability of several important services and strategies used in TCM would be significantly reduced. New record keeping requirements would also increase administrative burdens and costs.

Author

Rosenbaum JD; Sara

Available Files

Issue Brief PDF (83K, 8 pages)

Keywords

Person Centered Planning; Nursing Facility Transition; Medicaid; Eligibility; Advocacy; 1915c; targeted case management; TCM; care teams; EPSDT; integral component; intrinsic element

Topic

Deficit Reduction Act, Financing HCBS, Waiver

Type/Tool

Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers

Source

Center for Health Care Strategies; CHCS

State

All States/Territories

Date Created

06/25/2008

Contact

Sara Rosenbaum
George Washington University
School of Public Health and Health Services
609-528-8400

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2286

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