Cash and Counseling

This article presents results of a survey of the attitudes and practices of managed care organizations concerning consumer direction. The study focused on understanding several alternative measures of consumer direction and the factors that are associated with the MCOs concerning those measures.

This brochure feature's Kentucky's Cash & Counseling project, CDO. The three fold brochure has information about who is eligible and how to get started.

The Alliance for Health Reform briefing took place July 29, 2005. Three presentations made at the briefing on the effects of Cash & Counseling can be found here.

This presentation was given for the Administration on Aging Nursing Home Diversion and Modernization grantees. The presentation compares Medicaid requirements for a Cash & Counseling type option to non-Medicaid practices.

A presentation for the 2003 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. Presented are findings on the purchase of goods and services under Cash & Counseling in Arkansas and New Jersey. A topic report on the presentation is also available here.

This Issue Brief features information gathered from Arkansas' IndependentChoices program including satisfaction and how consumers used their budgets.

ILRU and NCIL, in collaboration with Boston College, presented a 90-minute teleconference and webcast for Centers for Independent Living interested in the national Cash & Counseling program. Participants learned how Center’s consumers can access and spend Medicaid dollars on home and community based personal assistance services. Representatives from the Independent Living movement shared how they are participating in the Cash & Counseling programs in two states.

The Vision Statement fully describes the essential components of the Cash & Counseling model. This vision evolved from a tested model which yielded very positive results. Cash & Counseling seeks to create a new model through the inclusion of principles that go beyond what is already possible.

The following report presents twenty-four case stories about the experience of adults and children with disabilities who receive the cash option in the Consumer Directed Care Program in the state of Florida. The report is available as both a downloadable PDF or as a interactive on-line guide which helps users navigate through the report and easily find information.

An overview of Cash & Counseling including a historical context, the theoretical framework for evaluation, and information on design.