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This presentation by Thomson Medstat was given on a July 25, 2006 TA call with state grantees. The presentation outlines available technical assistance, trends in waiver quality, and the different components to quality management.

Review the key findings of this report which uses information from multiple state and federal data sources and provides the most comprehensive information to date on patterns of Medicaid and Medicare spending and service use among Buy-In participants. Overall findings suggest that Buy-In participants who are working may require fewer services or a less expensive mix of services than other adult disabled Medicaid enrollees.

This webcast was given for Area Agencies on Aging throughout the country. The text transcript, presentations, agenda, and link to the archived webcast are available.

Mi Via or My Way is the name of this states self-directed waiver program. They have created a number of tools to socially market their service including a colorful and artist logo, tote bags that work on either walkers or wheelchairs and pens shaped like chile peppers.

These stories, from Arkansas, Florida & New Jersey, are based on in-depth interviews with Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (CCDE) clients, their families and caregivers, and program consultants. The research team developed a User's Guide to help the user navigate through the Reports easily and find information quickly and effectively. In addition, a detailed key word index exists for each Report to help the user locate specific information.

A summary of nine quality initiatives is followed by a crosswalk between the required Medicaid assurances, the HCBS Quality Framework, and quality initiatives and tools relevant to implementing the Framework in Cash & Counseling.

This article focuses on the effect of Arkansas' Cash & Counseling demonstration on nursing facility use and expenditures. The results are compared to traditional Medicaid PCS and the affect on total Medicaid costs are examined. The abstract (free) and full report (subscription required) are available.

Soliciting proposals from qualified organizations to obtain necessary start-up funds in order to become fiscal/employer agents for a Medicaid Cash & Counseling program (PersonalChoice) for adults with disabilities and elders. Such services are expected to be provided on behalf of approximately 450 such Medicaid recipients by the end of the project in September 2007.

Rhode Island has developed tools to help determine a PersonalChoice participant’s goals. A Goals Summary worksheet, along with a completed sample worksheet and worksheet directions, are available here.

This list of approved and prohibited purchases was created for Rhode Island's PersonalChoice program.