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Public-Sector Approaches to Financing Long-Term Services and Supports ">Public-Sector Approaches to Financing Long-Term Services and Supports
- Public-Sector Approaches to Financing Long-Term Services and Supports ">Public-Sector Approaches to Financing Long-Term Services and Supports
The primary source of public financing for long-term services and supports (LTSS) is the joint federal and state Medicaid program.
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Maintaining Existing Medicaid Funding">Maintaining Existing Medicaid Funding
- Maintaining Existing Medicaid Funding">Maintaining Existing Medicaid Funding
Several recent legislative efforts in Congress have included proposals that would cap the federal contribution (overall in a block grant or per person in a per capita cap) to Medicaid.
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Adequate Medicaid Reimbursement">Adequate Medicaid Reimbursement
- Adequate Medicaid Reimbursement">Adequate Medicaid Reimbursement
Providers of long-term services and supports (LTSS) cannot ensure high-quality services without sufficient funding.
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Financial Protections and Choice for Medicaid Participants and Their Families ">Financial Protections and Choice for Medicaid Participants and Their Families
- Financial Protections and Choice for Medicaid Participants and Their Families ">Financial Protections and Choice for Medicaid Participants and Their Families
Medicaid coverage of long-term services and supports (LTSS) provides a safety net for vulnerable older people—and younger people with disabilities—who have low incomes and few assets.
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Public-Private Partnership Programs">Public-Private Partnership Programs
- Public-Private Partnership Programs">Public-Private Partnership Programs
Under current Medicaid financial eligibility rules, individuals may not have more than $2,000 in assets. In addition, long-term care insurance (LTCI) is difficult to obtain.
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Quality and Consumer Issues Across All Licensed Residential Care Settings">Quality and Consumer Issues Across All Licensed Residential Care Settings
- Quality and Consumer Issues Across All Licensed Residential Care Settings">Quality and Consumer Issues Across All Licensed Residential Care Settings
Residential care setting is an umbrella term for many types of certified and licensed housing plus services options.
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Quality and Consumer Protections in Home-Care Services">Quality and Consumer Protections in Home-Care Services
- Quality and Consumer Protections in Home-Care Services">Quality and Consumer Protections in Home-Care Services
Ensuring the quality of services for home care is difficult. No quality measures can assess every service delivered daily in hundreds of thousands of private homes across the country.