Reports

States have used a variety of techniques to combat the rising costs of prescriptions, especially for psychotropic medications. This paper notes that it is important to consider alternatives that have the potential to both contain costs and improve the quality of care and outcomes. The paper provides some examples of promising practices from Pennsylvania, Missouri, Texas, and Massachusetts.

This document describes the type of involvement that members of Care Management Organizations in La Crosse County, WI can have in determining services.

This report was produced by the Pennsylvania Council on Long Term Care outlining procedural, informational and systemic barriers to home and community-based services.

Brief description of Georgia's experience in streamlining their financial determination process. Prepared by the Community Living Exchange Collaborative for the ADRC grantees.

This table explains which of the evaluation data elements the grantees will share responsibility for collecting (e.g. with AoA, Lewin) and which they will need to be able to provide on their own.

This is an overview of selected intake forms used by aging and other human service agencies. It contains descriptions of informational elements, format, targeted populations and staff training.

This matrix provides a list of information and assistance Web sites associated with single point of entry systems. The table contains the url for each state example.

Medicaid directors, Aging directors, and MR/DD directors in 5 states describe their experiences implementing and developing an IT system to support a \"single entry point\" (SEP), or \"no wrong door,\" service system. Approaches range from custom design to adaptation of \"off the shelf\" packages using vendors and/or state staff.

This paper explores the role of older participants in planning, developing and overseeing home and community based service (HCBS) programs. It seeks to help State Units on Aging and others in the aging network identify concrete steps they can take to support the role of these older individuals as public policy advocates. The report addresses the extent of older HCBS participants' current involvement, the barriers to success, and the strategies being used to attain participation.

This report was prepared for the Iowa legislature and recommends that the state increase Medicare and Medicaid payments in order to increase pay. It also recommends raising public awareness of worker shortages and their impact, creating mentoring programs to prevent turnover/increase retention, and other strategies to strengthen the health and long-term care workforce.