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Medicaid Managed Long-term Services and Supports Programs for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
/in Policy Webinars Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Long-Term Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration /by Erin KimTuesday, December 04, 2018
3-4 p.m. (ET)
States are increasingly providing services to Medicaid beneficiaries with complex health care needs through managed care delivery systems to help control the cost of care, improve health outcomes of enrollees, and improve the quality of the care enrollees receive. States are also starting to include behavioral health and long-term services and supports (LTSS) in Medicaid managed care – services that historically have been provided in fee-for-service systems. States have used MLTSS delivery systems less frequently to serve CYSHCN. However, MLTSS may have great potential to improve quality of life for CYSHCN in Medicaid, by increasing access to care, as well as beneficiaries’ control over their care.
This national webinar will provide an overview of a recent National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) analysis of how state MLTSS programs serve CYSHCN. It will also feature presentations from Texas and Iowa, highlighting their approach to providing LTSS for CYSHCN through managed care.
Listen to the Webinar.
Download the Slides.
How States Use Medicaid Managed Care to Deliver Long-Term Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Care Needs
/in Policy Reports Care Coordination, Children/Youth with Special Health Care Needs, CHIP, Chronic and Complex Populations, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Eligibility and Enrollment, EPSDT, Health System Costs, Healthy Child Development, Integrated Care for Children, Long-Term Care, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home /by Kate Honsberger, Erin Kim and Karen VanLandeghemAn increasing number of state Medicaid agencies are using managed care to provide long-term services and supports to children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). This new NASHP issue brief explores the strategies and critical contract language and policies that states are using to implement these Medicaid managed care programs to provide long-term services and supports to CYSHCN.
View or download the issue brief: How States Use Medicaid Managed Care to Deliver Long-Term Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Care Needs
Read the blog: How States Provide Long-Term Services and Supports to Children in Medicaid Managed Care
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