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From: Bob Kafka
To: Stephanie Thomas ; Steve Verriden ; Tom Cagle ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 2:11 PM
Subject: Fw: Money Follows the Person
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From: Taube, Angela B. (CMS/CMSO)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 9:43 AM
Subject: Money Follows the Person
October 5, 2007
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that
two States, Wisconsin and New Hampshire, have received Federal approval to
proceed with full implementation of their The Money Follows the Person (MFP)
Rebalancing Demonstrations.
The MFP is a five year demonstration program authorized by the Deficit
Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 with an incremental appropriation of $1.75 billion
between FY07 and FY11. This demonstration program awarded grants to 31
states, ranging in amounts from $6 to $143 million. State projects vary
significantly in scope. Participating States will receive an enhanced Federal
match for key Medicaid services that facilitate and ensure the successful
transition of individuals from institutions to community settings. States are
then expected to reinvest the savings provided by the enhanced match into
their long-term care system in order to expand the availability and quality of
community-based LTC services over time.
The authorizing statute directed each participating State to demonstrate
achievement of annual numeric benchmarks in order to continue participation in
the MFP program which include:
(1) increase State Medicaid support for home and community-based long-term
care services; and,
(2) specify and meet the stated number of eligible individuals assisted to
transition.
Demonstration states were also required to select additional benchmarks that
would be used to measure the impact of the long-term care investments made by
the MFP demonstration program, which resulted in improvements to the ways that
individuals access and receive community-based long-term care services. In
addition, States must ensure that they meet the requirements for quality
improvement and quality assurances, currently specified by CMS, regarding the
health and welfare of MFP participants.
a.. Wisconsin plans to transition a total of 1,262 individuals representing
all disability groups. As a benchmark, Wisconsin intends to use state funds
that will become available as a result of the enhanced MFP matching funds, to
serve people on waiting lists in current programs. This benchmark will be
expressed as the number of individuals served as diversions in current
programs through the use of freed-up funds.
a.. New Hampshire plans to transition a total 339 individuals including 287
elders with chronic illness, 47 with acquired brain disorders, and 5 children
with chronic medical needs. New Hampshire plans to increase (by 10% for
each of remaining four years of the demonstration) the utilization of
person-centered planning into all of their long-term care home and
community-based programs with a goal to enhance consumer choice. This will
include intense training to various target groups including relocation
coordinators, clinical assessment nurses, long-term care ombudsmen, and case
managers.
The MFP demonstrations will operate in two distinct phases. The States were
granted immediate approval to begin a pre-implementation phase, lasting up to
12 months. After submission and CMS approval of an operational protocol,
guiding the demonstration, States can fully implement their programs and
transition eligible participants into the community. CMS expects to receive
and review all remaining demonstration operational protocols by May 1, 2008.
NATIONAL ADAPT MAILING LIST - Adapt Community Choice Act List
http://www.adapt.org
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