Implementation of Medicaid Managed Long-term Services and Supports for Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities: A States Experience

2016

Elizabeth Perkins
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Background: Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) are experiencing longer life expectancies with the majority requiring the ongoing support of family caregivers into adulthood. Medicaid is the primary funding source for supports and services for adults with IDD. Growing Medicaid expenditures and goals to improve quality of care are driving more states to move their Medicaid fee-for-service programs into a managed care model. The stated goals of Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) are to improve care coordination and access to care while controlling costs, but the evidence regarding these outcomes is limited and mixed. Given the level of uncertainty about MLTSS for adults with IDD and their family caregivers, best practices recommendations have been produced by the federal government and advocacy agencies to help guide future MLTSS implementation efforts. These best practice recommendations combined with the continued expansion of MLT

Doctoral Dissertation or Master's Thesis

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers

http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6053

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