Promising Practices in HCBS: Colorado-Increasing Persons\' Control Over Personal Attendants

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Article Publication Date:

1/1/2004

Summary:

The State of Colorado plans to initiate a five-year research and demonstration program in 2002. Participants will be able to use money that otherwise would be spent on Medicaid home health agency and personal care services to purchase in-home services from attendants they personally select, hire, and train. The model is expected to improve the quality of attendant support and decrease the state's costs of providing care.

Topics:

Consumer/Participant Direction

Types/Tools:

Promising practices

Populations:

Physical Disabilities; Personal Assistant

Sources:

CMS; Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)

Programs/Initiatives:

N/A

States:

Colorado