Analysis of the California In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Plus Waiver Demonstration Program

Article Publication Date:

7/29/2008

Summary:

Via IHSS Plus, participants are able to receive certain expanded in-home services as part of Medi-Cal. Before, payments for these services were not matched by a federal contribution and were administered through a separate program. The analysis looks at implementation and service use in 2005, compares recipients’ outcomes and institutionalization rates to those in the original IHSS program, and complements the State’s evaluation and other research on paying family caregivers.

Article Author:

Newcomer, Robert; Kang, Taewoon

Topics:

Consumer/Participant Direction; Medicaid Waivers; Medicaid

Types/Tools:

Reports

Populations:

Caregivers

Sources:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; ASPE; HHS

Programs/Initiatives:

N/A