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Annual Report of System and Impact Research and Technical Assistance

for CMS FY2005, FY2006, and FY2007 RCSC Grants

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SUMMARY: Third Annual Report builds on findings from the first two

Annual Reports and focuses on the progress grantees made during the

2008-2009 grant period, representing slightly different stages of

implementation for the FY05 grantees (Year 4) and the FY06 grantees

(Year 3). Across grantees, data on outcomes during 2008-2009 grant

period remained limited and changes in system infrastructure

continue to be difficult to assess at this time.

TOPIC(S): Housing, Long-Term Care, Money Follows the Person,

Olmstead

SOURCE: Abt Associates Inc.

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3639

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Attracting and Retaining Talent: Frontline Workers in Long-Term

Care

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SUMMARY: Learn more about the Jobs to Careers program, a model of

training and education designed to advance the skills of direct-care

workers. It describes how the program has been implemented in

Hartford, Connecticut, and Portland, Oregon. The report also

presents a list of next steps and recommended goals to improve state

and federal policies relating to direct-care worker training. Jobs to

Careers is managed by the national nonprofit Jobs for the Future.

TOPIC(S): Long-Term Care, Physical Disabilities

SOURCE: Jobs to Careers

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3643

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Cutting Medicaid: Harming Seniors and People with Disabilities

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SUMMARY: Review data on Medicaid's role in financing long-term care,

including serving as the primary payer for an estimated 63.6% of all

nursing home residents. Congress recently offered an array of

proposals that would significantly cut the Medicaid program. These

proposals include converting the program into a block grant with

straightforward cuts and global caps on spending. The latest

proposal enables the states to significantly reduce Medicaid

eligibility and enrollment.

TOPIC(S): Long-Term Care

SOURCE: Families USA Foundation

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3642

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Ensuring Consumer Protection for Dual Eligibles in Integrated

Models

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SUMMARY: The first in a series of four papers, this issue brief

highlights pressing issues facing dual eligibles and provide

recommendations to the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, state

Medicaid agencies and other interested policymakers and stakeholders

on how to address them. This first paper provides recommendations for

consumer protections in delivery system models that integrate

Medicare and Medicaid.

TOPIC(S): Affordable Care Act (ACA)

SOURCE: The Scan Foundation

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3634

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Health Policy Brief: The CLASS Act

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SUMMARY: This policy brief examines the program created to provide

financial support for home care, adult day care or a nursing home

stay, and highlights how policy-makers could make the program

sustainable. Options range from changing the premium structure and

lengthening the vesting period, to incentivizing employers and more.

The Obama administration acknowledges the program's shortcomings and

will ensure the program remains solvent and self-financing for at

least 75 years, as the law requires.

TOPIC(S): Affordable Care Act (ACA), Long-Term Care

SOURCE: Health Affairs; Wood Foundation

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3641

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Identifying Effective Health Care Services for Adults with

Disabilities Choosing Wisely: Why Study Designs and Outcome Measures

Matter

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SUMMARY: Adults with disabilities have diverse, complex, and

expensive needs for health care services, costing the health care

system $398 billion in 2006. Adults with disabilities represented 14

percent of the adult population in 2008, will grow larger in the

future. This report discusses study designs and outcome measures

that can be used to address different comparative research

questions. Policymakers, practitioners, and the public need a better

understanding of what works for study designs.

TOPIC(S): Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Physical

Disabilities, Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness

SOURCE: Mathematica Policy Research

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3637

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Managing the Care of Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: A Review of

Selected State Programs and Special Needs Plans

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SUMMARY: To improve beneficiary care and reduce unnecessary

expenditures, a number of states have developed programs and

initiatives aimed at improving the coordination and management of

care for dual eligibles-beneficiaries enrolled in both Medicaid and

Medicare for their health care services. This report reviews the

experiences in nine states to determine the lessons that can be

learned from experience.

TOPIC(S): Affordable Care Act (ACA), Long-Term Care

SOURCE: Mathematica Policy Research

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3640

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Project SEARCH Start Up Information - New Hampshire

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SUMMARY: Serving as a single point of entry, the Project SEARCH

program provides a comprehensive approach to employment, retention,

and career advancement for individuals with disabilities

transitioning from high school. New Hampshires' goal is to begin

training the first Project SEARCH group of 12 student interns for

the full school year starting in September 2011 and graduating that

group in June 2012.

TOPIC(S): Children and Family Services, Developmental/Intellectual

Disabilities, Employment Programs, Long-Term Care, Medicaid

Infrastructure Grant, Physical Disabilities

SOURCE: Grantee produced, New Hampshire

MORE INFO: http://www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/nb/doc/3601

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