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Category Archives: Health Care
Comments Due July 2 for Proposed Medicaid Regulations Defining “Community Based”
CMS has released another set of proposed regulations that seek to clarify whether an assisted living facility can be considered non-institutional setting for purposes of Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) funding, with comments on the proposal due by no … Continue reading
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Assessing the Quality of California Dual Eligible Demonstration Health Plans
(May 2012) This report contains an analysis of the eight health plans selected by the California Department of Health Care Services and finds that seven of the eight received a global health plan rating of 1 (poor) out of five (excellent) … Continue reading
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Think Twice Before Signing
(2007) Report: Improper and Unfair Provisions in Missouri Nursing Home Agreements. Click here.
CMS Releases Community First Choice Final Regulations; Seeks More Input on When Housing Is “Community-Base”
As it continues implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final regulations for the Community First Choice option (CFC). CFC provides an incentive for state Medicaid programs to offer more extensive … Continue reading
Posted in Home & Community Based Services
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Maryland Is Second State Approved for Medicaid’s Balancing Incentive Payments Program
Maryland is the second state to receive federal approval under the Balancing Incentive Payments Program (BIPP) to shift state Medicaid spending towards community-based care. Beginning this April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will provide Maryland with over $106 … Continue reading
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Local CA Adult Day Health Care Center Saved for Now
At the end of March 2012, NSCLC, working with local legal services lawyers, achieved an important victory when the Kern County Board of Supervisors agreed to postpone for three months the closure of its adult day health care center. The … Continue reading
NSCLC Launches New Website about Dual Eligible Demonstrations
The National Senior Citizens Law Center has launched a new website to provide aging and disability advocates the information and tools they need to ensure that models for delivering health and long term services and supports to dual eligibles (people … Continue reading
NSCLC Files Amicus Brief on Minimum Staff Levels
(2012) The National Senior Citizens Law Center, along with AARP, has submitted a friend of the court appellate brief in the California Court of Appeals supporting the right of nursing home residents to enforce California’s minimum nursing home staffing levels. … Continue reading
Prindiville Addresses Policy Forum on Consumer Protection for Duals
More than 150 health policymakers, Congressional staff and government officials heard NSCLC Deputy Director call for strong consumer protection for dual eligibles in new integrated models under development in many states. He was joined by MMCO Director Melanie Bella, and Paul … Continue reading
Ten Things You Need to Know About Language Access Advocacy for Seniors
More than 3.3 million of American’s seniors are not fluent in English. A significant number of these seniors are low-income; in 2003, 38% of low-income SSI applicants who were 65 and over asked to be interviewed in a language other … Continue reading
