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The Revised 1915(c) Waiver Application Presentation

CMS recently hosted a teleconference to provide an overview of the recently released draft 1915 (c) Medicaid Waiver Application. The presentation offered information on the development of the application including incorporation of comments from states; the protocol for use of the application in its draft form; design and development of the web based application including plans for Beta testing; information on CMS training events and the roll out plan which includes an evaluation component.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50674

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Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update - July 2005

Over the last four years, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has been tracking the national development of the three main Medicaid HCBS programs that states can operate: (1) optional 1915(c) HCBS waivers, (2) the mandatory home health benefit, and (3) the optional state plan personal care services benefit. This brief presents expenditures and participant data on all three Medicaid HCBS programs and findings from the survey of policies on 1915(c) waivers.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50672

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Using Medicaid to Support Working Age Adults with Serious Mental Illness in the Community: A Handbook

Medicaid is the major public payer of community services and supports for working age adults with serious mental illnesses. This handbook explains how existing Medicaid options and waivers are used by states to finance a broad range of community services and supports for adults with serious mental illnesses, and demonstrates what aspects of state-of-the art community services and supports for this population are funded by Medicaid.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50640

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Medicaid Reform a Preliminary Report from the National Governors Association

This paper from NGA includes a number of potential short-run policy changes as well as long-run structural changes to improve the US health care system. The policies outlined do not represent comprehensive reform but instead 5 linking objectives: Reforming Medicaid; Enhancing Quality & Reducing Costs in the Overall Health Care System; Strengthening Employer-Based & Other Forms of Private Health Care Coverage; Slowing the Growth of Medicaid LTC; State Contribution to the Medicare Drug Benefit.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50617

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Medicaid Liens and Estate Recovery in Massachusetts

This policy brief is one of five commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation on Medicaid eligibility policies for long-term care benefits. This brief describes the procedures used by the state of Massachusetts in the administration of its Medicaid Estate Recovery program, with a focus on the procedures used by the State in imposing Medicaid liens on real property.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50606

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Medicaid Liens

This policy brief is one of five commissioned by the Dept of Health & Human Services, , and presents the fundamentals of Medicaid liens -- what they are, why they are permitted, and how they are applied by state Medicaid programs. Liens are a tool that states may use to ensure their right to recover past Medicaid spending on the property owner’s behalf when he or she, or certain close relatives, no longer needs the property.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50605

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Spouses of Medicaid Long-Term Care Recipients

This policy brief is one of five commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation on Medicaid eligibility policies for long-term care benefits. This brief outlines the Medicaid rules that affect community spouses of nursing home residents and widows or widowers of deceased nursing home residents.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50604

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Medicaid Treatment of the Home: Determining Eligibility and Repayment for Long-Term Care

This policy brief is one of five commissioned by the Dept of Health & Human Services and provides a synopsis of how the home is treated in determining Medicaid eligibility for recipients of long-term care services and the circumstances under which Medicaid may recover spending from equity held in real property. Broad flexibility is conferred on states to implement generic Federal Medicaid rules, resulting in considerable variations in how homes are treated in specific circumstances.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50602

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Medicaid’s Role in Long-Term Care: Q & A

Financing long-term care for the nearly 10 million Americans who need services and supports to assist them in life’s daily activities continues to challenge the nation. While Medicaid is the nation’s major source of financing for long-term care services, paying for over 40% of total long-term care, its role is not well understood. Misperceptions on who qualifies and what is covered are common. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Q & A’s outlines basic information on Medicaid.

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50599

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