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Promising Practices in HCBS: New York State- Managed Long-Term Care Plan for Integrated Long-Term Care Services
10/15/2004 | Requests *Summary
This document provides information on VNS Choice, the New York long-term care program for older people with disabilities. Case managers work with healthcare and long-term care providers to coordinate participants’ Medicare and Medicaid services. The document discusses the intervention and implementation of this program. According to program staff, VNS CHOICE has reduced hospital and nursing home use among participants and has low disenrollment.
Author
Chevalier, Lisa
Available Files
- NY-Providing Coordinated Services PDF (197K)
Keywords
Medicaid; Human Services; Visiting Nurse Service; long-term care services; multidisciplinary team; Managed Care
Topic
Accessibility, Aging Issues, Consumer/Participant Direction, Physical Disabilities, Resource Center, State/Agency Information, Transition/Diversion from Institutions
Type/Tool
Promising practices
Source
CMS, Thomson Reuters (formerly Medstat)
State
New York
Date Created
06/15/2004
Contact
Holly Michaels Fisher
VHS Choice
hfisher@vhsny.org
212-609-5606
VHS Choice
hfisher@vhsny.org
212-609-5606
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