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Helping Consumers Manage Long-Term Services and Supports in the Community: State Medicaid Program Activities
02/08/2011 | Requests *Summary
The Medicaid program is a source for many innovative practices in making long-term services and supports (LTSS) available to consumers. Case management services have been integral to Medicaid community-based LTSS programs since their inception, but as the programs have grown and evolved the functions performed by case managers have changed. This brief describes current case management efforts in states and activities and policies that can enhance states’ efforts to help consumers.
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Available Files
- Issue Brief Off-site link (12 pages)
Keywords
Independent Living; Long Term Services and Supports; Medicaid; Case Management Services; Continuity for Consumers; Training and Support for Case Managers
Topic
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Long-Term Care, Physical Disabilities
Type/Tool
Data, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers
Source
Kaiser Family Foundation
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
04/08/2011
Contact
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
kcmu@kff.org
202-347-5270
kcmu@kff.org
202-347-5270
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Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
Options
HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)