mcle health law basics plus 2013 - post-acute care
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My annual presentation at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education two-day extravaganza intro to health law. See resources collected at http://j.mp/MCLEHealthLawTRANSCRIPT
MCLE Health Law Basics Plus 2013
Post-Acute Care November 14, 2013
David Harlow JD MPH THE HARLOW GROUP LLC
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Post-Acute Care Acronym Bingo
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SNF
DPH
COPs
DON
MA
ALF
HPC
SOM
MMQ
PACE
HHA
CHIA
CMS
RAP
SCO
IDR
EOEA
PPS
OASIS
HCBS
MAC
OBRA
RUGS
GAFC
CFCO
Future of Health Care: the Home
• Patient-centered care • Non-institutional options ▫ Cheaper & better
• Federal dollars back up the philosophical change ▫ Equal access to institutional/noninstitutional care
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Key ACA Provisions affecting Long Term Care • Community First Choice Option - A new state plan option to provide home- and
community-based services that includes an increase in federal matching funds for program costs
• �The State Balancing Incentives Payment Program - A temporary program that provides qualifying states with an increase in their federal match for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) costs
• �Changes to Medicaid’s 1915(i) Option for Home- and Community-Based Care -Improvements to Medicaid’s existing state plan option for providing Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS), 1915(i)
• ��Expanded Spousal Impoverishment Protection in Medicaid - Requires states to extend the same spousal impoverishment protections that apply to institutional care to home- and community-based care
• �Extending Money Follows the Person Demonstration Project - Helps Medicaid eligible individuals transition from institutions back to the community
• �Additional Funding for Aging and Disability Resource Centers - Funding for aging and disability resource centers
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Only Connect
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