Reports

South Carolina developed a simplified provider agreement to make Medicaid enrollment easier for providers that normally do not provide Medicaid services. The State piloted the agreement in an Independence Plus Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver and in a Nursing Home Transition Grant. The six-item agreement contains only the minimum federal requirements for Medicaid providers and can allow Medicaid participants to receive services, equipment, etc. from non-traditional providers.

The State of Minnesota contracts with the White Earth Nation to provide functional eligibility determination and case management for Medicaid and state-funded home and community-based services for seniors. Tribal staff report their member are more likely to use the services when they can access them through familiar tribal health services. The federal government pays 100% of costs for Medicaid services provided by tribal organizations.

The state of Wisconsin developed this piece in a continuing attempts to explain what is meant by \"quality management\" as separate from all the other things waiver staff do that promote quality. It's useful, for example, when interviewing local waiver staff about their QM practices, or give a report to different departments and management about the grant project. The Quality Cycle is also illustrated within the report.

For older adults and individuals with disabilities, some website designs can pose access problems. Users may be unable to use a website’s navigational menu, fill out online forms, or even access content. Addressing accessibility issues is important. This brief addresses the adaptation of standard website construction techniques to meet the needs of the target populations. It includes considerations & strategies for design that are informative, functional and useful for these populations.

This fact sheet gives an overview of the direct-care workforce describing job titles, responsibilities, worker demographics, wages, benefits, and the growing demand for workers. These workers go by many names, but they fall into three main occupational categories: nursing assistants (usually known as certified nursing assistants or CNAs), home health aides, and personal and home care aides. View this overview for statistics and data.

The Formative Evaluation of the Real Choice Systems Change Grants evaluates how the Systems Change grantees are progressing towards meeting their goals. The Formative Evaluation identifies problems faced by the grantees and ways that they deal with the problems. This document provides summary information about each of the FY2004 Grantees.

Consistency with the Quality Framework created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services<br>The Council on Quality and Leadership in Supports for People with Disabilities has an established protocol for collection of all data and information during accreditation reviews. The data and information content are described in Personal Outcome Measures (2002). This data and information are found in three sections:organizing principles, organizational assurances, personal outcome measures.

This inventory represents a select group of caregiver assessment measures specifically chosen for practical application by practitioners who work with family and informal caregivers of older persons and adults with disabilities. The purpose in compiling this inventory is to provide a compendium of caregiver assessment measures that is practice-oriented, practical and applicable, and which conceptually addresses the multidimensional aspects of the caregiving experience.

This monograph summarizes the history of caregiver assessment; considers the reasons for assessing family care; discusses what, whom, when & where to assess; illustrates areas to assess; highlights examples of existing tools; explores commonalities as well as differences in caregiver assessment instruments; points out areas of caregiver assessment that have been neglected; identifies best practice criteria to consider in designing & implementing assessments; & discusses training issues.

This paper, prepared for presentation to NGA, discusses issues, problems and challenges facing Medicaid in 2005 and suggests principles and proposals for reform.