Community Integration for People with Disabilities: The Role of Long-Term Care and the Medicaid Buy-In

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Article Publication Date: 
9/21/2010
Summary: 
What are some of the essential components of Medicaid long-term care programs? This brief, geared towards people working in Medicaid or disability employment, discusses payment for long-term care, range of services, administration, eligibility, functional assessment and rebalancing of long-term care systems. Also find examples of how some states have incorporated aspects of long-term care services and supports (LTSS) into their Medicaid Buy-In (MBI) programs.
Article Author: 
Stone, Doug
Topics: 
Employment Programs; Medicaid
Types/Tools: 
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers; Promising practices
Populations: 
Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities
Sources: 
Center for Workers with Disabilities
Programs/Initiatives: 
Medicaid Buy-In; Cash and Counseling; Real Choice Systems Change; Aging and Disability Resource Center; Ticket to Work; CLASS Act
States: 
All States/Territories; Kansas; Minnesota; New Jersey; Texas
Keywords: 
Long-Term Care; Eligibility; Community Inclusion; Medicaid Integration
Community First Choice Option; Money Follows the Person; MFP; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act; Behavioral Health Pilot; Deficit Reduction Act; COMPASS

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Center for Workers with Disabilities
1133 Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 
202-682-0100

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52665