This is the third report in a series, from Mathematica's five-year evaluation of the Money Follows Person demonstration, aimed at helping Medicaid enrollees transition, from long-term care institutions to the community. It describes states’ early implementation experiences and state transition activity as of December 2008. Also discussed, are the challenges that states have encountered in trying to launch the program, and implications for making fundamental changes in the long-term care system. 

Denny-Brown , Noelle; Lipson, Debra J. 

Transition Planning; Eligibility; long-term care systems; initiatives designed to rebalance state Medicaid long-term care systems; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; CMS; MFP transitions; institutional to community-based care; 2005 DRA; accessible housing; Transition Target; Transition Target Achieved; administration and reporting barriers; housing challenges; Housing Choice Vouchers; HCBS system challenges; influence of the economic downturn on MPF programs; 

Money Follows the Person, Transition/Diversion from Institutions 

Assessments, Reports 

Mathematica Policy Research 

Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, All States/Territories 

12/16/2009 

Susan Williams

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