Using State Flexibility to Improve Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports

This briefing highlighted the emerging best practices in Medicaid LTSS program design that promote high-quality, cost-effective, person-centered care.

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Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902 Washington, DC

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More than 12 million Americans receive long term services and supports, and as the population continues to age, this number is only projected to grow.
Medicaid is the single largest payer of LTSS. Efforts to deliver Medicaid LTSS through managed care arrangements and, whenever possible, in the home and community are becoming increasingly common throughout the country. Federal law grants states considerable flexibility in how they design their programs to implement these reforms. The briefing highlighted the emerging best practices in Medicaid LTSS program design that promote high-quality, cost-effective, person-centered care.

Panelists:

  • Cindy Mann, JD, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  • Michelle Herman Soper, MHS, Director, Integrated Care, Center for Health Care Strategies
  • Tom Betlach, MPA, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
  • Bror Hultgren, MBA, MSHA, United Healthcare Community & State at UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

The Alliance would like to thank The SCAN Foundation and the Milbank Memorial Fund for making this event possible.

The SCAN Foundation is advancing a coordinated and easily navigated system of high-quality services for older adults that preserve dignity and independence.

The Milbank Memorial Fund works to improve the health of populations by connecting leaders and decision makers with the best available evidence and experience.