Medicaid Long Term Care Expenditures FY 2006
presents national data as well as state-by-state data for Nursing Homes, ICF/MR, Personal Care, HCBS Waivers, Home Health, Home Care, Inpatient Hospital Care, Inpatient DSH, Inpatient Mental Health, Mental Health DSH, Medicaid Managed-Care, Prescribed Drugs, Targeted Case Management and PACE.
Medicaid HCBS Waiver Expenditures FY 2001 through FY 2006
presents data from Federal Fiscal Years 2001 through 2006. Each HCBS waiver is classified by population served in order to show the distribution of HCBS waiver expenditures across long term care populations. This year's memo also identifies which waivers exclusively serve children.
Source: Thomson Healthcare (formerly Medstat)
Review the memos which offer a great overview of spending trends or explore the spreadsheet containing vast amounts of figures and data.
CMS State Medicaid Directors Letter: Using Peer Support Services Under Medicaid
Summary: This letter provides guidance to States and discusses policy issues related to peer support and notes that States are increasingly interested in covering peer support providers as a distinct type for the delivery of counseling and other support services. The letter (SMDL #07-011) provides policy guidance on requirements for supervision, care-coordination, and minimum training criteria of peer support providers.
Topic(s): Mental Health, Peer Supports
Source: CMS
Disability Benefits 101 Website and Benefits Planning Calculators
Summary: This website for workers and job seekers includes easy-to-read descriptions of state, federal, and private benefit programs, paginas en Espanol, life situation articles, a glossary and bulletin board. There is also an interactive tool that helps users predict what would happen to benefits, in a number of what if scenarios. Calculators included: the benefits to work, job to job, school and work, Medi-Cal for working disabled, and Plan for Achieving Self Support (PASS).
Topic(s): Medicaid Infrastructure Grant
Source: Grantee produced, California, World Institute on Disability
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