Paying for Quality Care: State and Local Strategies for Improving Wages and Benefits for Personal Care Assistants
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Summary
The US is experiencing a severe shortage of qualified direct-care workers to provide personal care services (PCS). Evidence from a number of studies reveals that wages and benefits paid to PCS workers play a fundamental role in determining the quality and quantity of workers. Read this in-depth analysis of state and local practices that reviews the pros and cons of seven strategies for enhancing PCS-worker wages and benefits for direct-care workers delivering Medicaid personal care services.
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Wage Pass-Through Legislation; Rate Enhancements Linked to Provider Performance Goals; Reform of Methods For Rebasing and Updating Reimbursement Rates; Litigation Against State Medicaid Agencies; Collective Bargaining by Direct-Care Workers; Living Wage Ordinances and Minimum Wage Improvements; Health Insurance Initiatives Targeting Direct-Care Workers; Ad Hoc Reimbursement Rate-Setting Methods;
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