Background on Long-Term Services and Supports

Perspectives on Ombudsman Programs Serving Dually Eligible Individuals: Services Offered and Value Added

03/09/2021

This webinar provides an overview of the role of ombudsman programs in integrated care programs serving dually eligible individuals. Using the ombudsman programs developed for the demonstrations under the Financial Alignment Initiative as an example, the webinar examines ways that states have structured these programs, the types of supports that they can offer, and the value they provide to both consumers and state Medicaid agencies.

Learning Objectives: By the end of this presentation, attendees should be able to:

Transitioning Long Term Services and Supports Providers Into Managed Care Programs

This paper identifies concerns and considerations in incorporating traditional LTSS providers into a managed care program.

Transitioning Beneficiaries with Complex Care Needs to Medicaid Managed Care: Insights from California

This brief examines how providers, health plans, and community-based organizations in three counties experienced California’s transition of approximately 240,000 seniors and people with disabilities to Medicaid managed care.

Toward a More Perfect Union: Creating Synergy Between the Money Follows the Person and Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs

This report examines how five states have structured the interface between MFP demonstration grants and Managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) programs to promote transitions from institutional care to home- and community-based settings.

Timeline for Developing a Managed Long Term Services and Supports Program

This document sets out a timeline for optimal planning and implementation of MLTSS programs.

Three State Paths to Improve Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care: Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia

This brief looks at the paths pursued by Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia in implementing MLTSS approaches focused on helping individuals to live in their communities rather than nursing facilities.

Rebalancing in Capitated Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: Key Issues from a Roundtable Discussion on Measuring Performance

This document summarizes key discussions during a roundtable with a group of federal and state officials and other experts on issues related to how rebalancing progress in capitated Medicaid MLTSS programs is measured.

Putting Consumers First: Promising Practices for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports

This report provides an overview of LTSS, the risks and benefits of Medicaid MLTSS, policy recommendations and promising practices from states that have implemented these programs.

Population Groups Enrolled in Managed Long Term Services and Supports

This chart lists the population groups that are enrolled in current MLTSS programs, as well as those projected to be enrolled in future MLTSS programs.

Picking Up the Pace of Change: A State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Adults, People with Physical Disabilities, and Family Caregivers

This third edition of the scorecard measures state performance in creating a high-quality system of care for older adults and people with physical disabilities, and their family caregivers. The report presents results across five dimensions: (1) affordability and access; (2) choice and setting of provider; (3) quality of life and quality of care; (4) support for family caregivers; and (5) effective transitions.