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CMS Direct Service Workforce Demonstration Grants: Overview and Discussion of Health Coverage Interventions
04/18/2006 | Requests *Summary
In 2003 CMS launched the Demonstration to Improve the Direct Service Community Workforce by awarding five grants and five more in 2004. Six grantees are using funds to make health care coverage more affordable/accessible. Interventions vary in strategy but each takes three approaches: subsidizing employer-based coverage, offering arrangements that combine basic insurance and personal accounts, or outreach to enroll DSWs in public private partnerships. This report reviews the lessons learned.
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Available Files
- Report PDF (464K, 13 pages)
Keywords
Wages and Benefits; Subsidize employer-based coverage; Combining Basic Insurance and Tax-Free Accounts; Outreach for public-private partnerships; Sustainability of Insurance Coverage
Topic
Workforce/Direct Care
Type/Tool
Promising practices, Reports
Source
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)
State
Indiana, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, All States/Territories
Date Created
10/18/2006
Contact
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)
info@paraprofessional.org
718-402-7766
info@paraprofessional.org
718-402-7766
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* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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