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Call hosted by the Community Living Exchange Collaborative at Rutgers Center for State Health Policy with CMS and grantees to explore the potential use of the MDS section Q1 to identify people in nursing homes who want to relocate. We were joined by a member of our National Advisory Committee, Bob Kafka. We invited Money Follows the Person grantees and Nursing Home Transition grantees.

This communication is part of CMS’ on-going effort to share information about developments in the field that positively impact the quality of services & supports provided through the Medicaid HCBS program. Participant Experience Survey (PES) – Elderly/Disabled Software arrived with this memo. The software automatically calculates the indicators & generates a report. A link below provides information on how to obtain a copy. This letter is also referred to as HCBS Quality Communication #6.

Slides for conference call on collaboration between aging services and Medicaid. Presented by Glenn Stanton of CMS and John Wren of AoA, February 24, 2004. Topics: Promoting Balance in Long Term Care, ADRC Goals, ADRC – A Priority for CMS, State Agency Partnership, AoA’s Vision for Long Term Care.

In Sept. 2003, CMS released the first in a series of communications on home and community-based services (HCBS) quality. The purpose of this seventh in the series of HCBS Quality Communications is to share the most recent status report on the progress CMS has made in implementing the “CMS Future Actions for HCBS Quality in 2003 - Status Updates.” CMS recently provided this status report to the General Accounting Office (GAO), at its request. Letter referred to as HCBS Quality Communication #7.

In Sept 2003, CMS released the first in a series of communications on quality that transmitted a letter from Secretary Thompson to Senator Grassley and Senator Breaux regarding the “CMS Future Actions for HCBS Quality in 2003.” This letter is the most recent correspondence from Secretary Thompson to Senator Grassley and Senator Breaux transmitting a follow up report on the progress CMS has made in implementing. This letter is also referred to as CMS Quality Communication #5.

This letter dated September 11, 2003 is the first in a series of communications on quality in home and community-based services (HCBS). These communications will inform you of current CMS efforts, new technical assistance products, and future CMS activities related to improving HCSBS quality. This letter is also referred to as CMS Quality Communication #1.

The grant summaries for the states awarded the ADRC Grant are contained here. There is also a matrix of baseline plans from the grantees and a cooperative agreement. In addition, the HHS press release for the first 12 grants for developing ADRCs is also included.

Grant summaries on the 2004 ADRC Grant Program grantees is provided here. Also, the HHS press release for this second round of 12 grants for developing ADRCs and a cooperative agreement are provided.

On September 17, 2003, CMS sent a letter to state Medicaid directors addressing the principles of Money Follows the person. This letter is a follow up to the August 13, 2004 letter. Because the concept has been widely discussed in “Open Door” forums, this letter provides additional examples and clarification of the concept.

The Community Living Exchange Collaborative at Rutgers Center for State Health Policy hosted a conference call for the Respite Grantees to discuss the outline for a proposed brief on the definition of respite. The agenda included an introduction by Susan Reinhard, the CMS perspective from Deidra Abbott on \"what is respite? - National perspectives and initiatives\", the state perspective from Bruce Whitten, Arkansas, and all participants had an opportunity for Q&A and general discussion