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	<title>National Senior Citizens Law Center</title>
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		<title>Assessing the Quality of California Dual Eligible Demonstration Health Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dual Eligibles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(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) &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/assessing-the-quality-of-california-dual-eligible-demonstration-health-plans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Think Twice Before Signing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[assisted living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long term care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(2007) Report: Improper and Unfair Provisions in Missouri Nursing Home Agreements. Click here.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Supreme Court Case Makes Such a Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viewpoint]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(March 2012) There are many reasons why the health reform law is important to low-income older adults and why the Supreme Court would be wrong to overturn it. NSCLC has been a vocal defender of the law as its challengers &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/why-supreme-court-case-makes-such-a-difference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comments: Proposed USDA Guidance on Language Access</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Income Disparities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nsclc.org/?p=5096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(5/2/12) NSCLC and the Asian &#38; Pacific Islander American Health Forum developed model comments commending the USDA for its efforts and proposing recommendations to implement the guidance on its plan to provide meaningful access to language assistance services for individuals with &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/comments-proposed-usda-guidance-on-language-access/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Releases Community First Choice Final Regulations; Seeks More Input on When Housing Is &#8220;Community-Base&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/cms-releases-community-first-choice-final-regulations-seeks-more-input-on-when-housing-is-community-base/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cms-releases-community-first-choice-final-regulations-seeks-more-input-on-when-housing-is-community-base</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/cms-releases-community-first-choice-final-regulations-seeks-more-input-on-when-housing-is-community-base/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home & Community Based Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home and community based services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As it continues implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare &#38; 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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/cms-releases-community-first-choice-final-regulations-seeks-more-input-on-when-housing-is-community-base/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Is Second State Approved for Medicaid’s Balancing Incentive Payments Program</title>
		<link>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/maryland-is-second-state-approved-for-medicaids-balancing-incentive-payments-program/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=maryland-is-second-state-approved-for-medicaids-balancing-incentive-payments-program</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home & Community Based Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/maryland-is-second-state-approved-for-medicaids-balancing-incentive-payments-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local CA Adult Day Health Care Center Saved for Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home & Community Based Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult Day Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medi-Cal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/local-ca-adult-day-health-care-center-saved-for-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SSA Instructions to ALJs on Clark v Astrue</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/ssa-instructions-to-aljs-on-clark-v-astrue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clark v Astrue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(5/9/2011) The instructions are similar to those contained in EM-11032 issued last month which instructed SSA field offices that pursuant to the decision in Clark, benefits would no longer be suspended or denied solely on the basis of a warrant &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/ssa-instructions-to-aljs-on-clark-v-astrue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clark v Astrue Court Order Restoring Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/clark-v-astrue-court-order/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=clark-v-astrue-court-order</link>
		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/clark-v-astrue-court-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Security Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clark v Astrue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many as 140,000 Americans nationwide will get their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits restored as a result of an order issed by Judge Sidney H. Stein in a federal court in Manhattan April 13, 2012. READ &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/clark-v-astrue-court-order/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clark v Astrue: Court Restores Benefits for Thousands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clark v Astrue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(U.S. District Court/Southern District of New York) &#8212; As many as 140,000 Americans nationwide will get their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits restored as a result of an order issued by Judge Sidney H. Stein in a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/clark-v-astrue-court-restores-benefits-for-thousands/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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