A Challenge for States: Assuring Timely Access to Optimal Long-Term Services and Supports in the Community

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Article Publication Date: 
2/8/2011
Summary: 
The Medicaid program is a major payer for long-term services and supports (LTSS) in the United States, accounting for 40 percent of total spending for long-term services and supports. This brief highlights two important aspects of operations in states that affect access to LTSS in the community: efforts to provide accurate and timely information to consumers, and procedures to make Medicaid eligibility determinations quickly and efficiently.
Community-based Care; State Balancing Incentive Payments Program; SSI; SSDI

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Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
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202-347-5270

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52864