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Kaiser Health News Long Term Care Ombudsmen Face Challenges to Independence (1-27-2013) NSCLC Directing Attorney Eric Carlson says that ombudsman programs outside of state governments are less subject to political pressure
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Corazon, 72, came close to losing her adult day health care benefits because of a problem with managed care related to needed heart surgery…. Read More.
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Washington Memorandum of Understanding for Duals
On October 24, the state of Washington signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish the first managed fee-for-service financial alignment model for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees (dual eligibles).
Integrating Medicare and Medicaid: What’s Happening Now, and What It Means for Assisted Living and Other LTSS
This webinar, sponsored by the Assisted Living Consumer Alliance, explains the dual eligible integration process, with a focus on how the new demonstrations will affect long-term services and supports (LTSS) and their significance to assisted living and other long term … Continue reading
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Tagged Home and Community-based Services, long term care, Medi-Cal, Medicaid
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Supplemental Security Income Program Celebrates 40th Anniversary!
Income Support Program for 8,000,000 Poor Needs to be Strengthened WASHINGTON DC - The National Senior Citizens Law Center celebrates the fortieth birthday of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program which was signed into law by Pres. Richard M. Nixon on …
It’s That Serious An Election
(September 2012) The stakes couldn’t be higher. For low-income older adults, the outcome of this election is likely to be more significant than any in recent memory. The very future of health care and economic security for the nation’s seniors … Continue reading
CMS Approves New York Transfer of Medicaid LTSS into Managed Care
On August 31, 2012, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) agreed to amend both of its managed care demonstrations to include long-term services and supports (LTSS) on a mandatory basis. As part of the approval, CMS amended the … Continue reading
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NSCLC Releases Advocates Guide to Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports
This new guide from the National Senior Citizens Law Center offers advocates a primer on the law that impacts Medicaid-funded HCBS. It also explains the different programs states can use to provide HCBS, including those created by the ACA. The guide highlights key resources and tools to use when advocating to expand and preserve Medicaid coverage of crucial LTSS services in individual states.
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Advocates Guide: Medicaid Long Term Services & Supports 101: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges
The guide offers advocates a primer on the law that impacts Medicaid-funded home and community-based services. It highlights key resources and tools to use when advocating to expand and preserve Medicaid coverage of critical LTSS services.
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Conventions and the Elderly Poor
(August 2012) At the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte, NC where I was this week, former President Bill Clinton defended Medicaid and talked about the dire consequences for the elderly and people with disabilities if Medicaid is block granted as … Continue reading
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Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports 101
September 24, 2012 Webinar. Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports 101: A webinar for advocates on emerging challenges and opportunities The current legal and political landscape presents both great opportunities to expand the availability of needed long term services and … Continue reading
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Webinar: SSI Modernization: CPR for a Vital Program
October 11, 2012 Webinar During this heated campaign season, few in politics are talking about programs that help the elderly poor. The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program covers over 8 million Americans; all of them are over age 65 or … Continue reading
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