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What Are Home and Community-Based Services?
This fact sheet series breaks down the essential components of Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services, which are critical for helping older adults and people with disabilities live independently and thrive.
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Medi-Cal Bold Idea — In-Home Supportive Services Integration into Managed Care
This proposal suggests integrating In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) into Medi-Cal managed care to improve care coordination and oversight while preserving recipient self-direction.
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Who Receives Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services?
Learn about the demographics of Medi-Cal enrollees receiving HCBS across five programs. The analysis reveals that HCBS recipients are diverse across age, race, ethnicity, and primary language.
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How Could Cuts to Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services Impact California?
Analysts modeled the impact of cutting Medi-Cal HCBS programs. They found that a 10% cut to these programs could lead to over $1 billion in new costs over five years as many people move to nursing homes for care.
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Californians Receiving In-Home Care Fear Medicaid Cuts Will End Their Independent Living
Like thousands of other Californians, Carol Crooks says her health has already deteriorated as she worries about losing the help she needs to live independently and remain out of a nursing home.
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Moving HCBS to Medicaid Managed Long-term Services and Supports
California is transitioning select Medi-Cal long-term services and supports from fee-for-service to managed care. This explainer offers insights and practical strategies from states that have already made this change.
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Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based Services: Understanding Overlaps and Gaps
In four short explainers learn about the Assisted Living Waiver, the Home and Community Based Alternatives Waiver, Multipurpose Senior Services Program Waiver, California Community Transitions and each program’s overlap and gaps with CalAIM Community Supports.
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Quality of Care: Providers Almanac — 2024 Edition
This set of quality measures focuses on providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care.
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Braiding Medicaid Funds to Support Person Centered Care: Lessons from Medi-Cal
The concept of “braiding” multiple funding streams is relatively new and can be challenging. Learn how three California social service organizations are braiding funding to advance person-centered care for people with complex needs.
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CalAIM Community Supports Early Adopters: Spotlight on Nursing Home Transitions and Diversion
In San Mateo County, two organizations are partnering successfully to deliver two Community Supports to help people who want to transition out of nursing homes — or avoid going to one in the first place. This fact sheet provides tips…
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CalAIM Community Supports Early Adopters: Personal Care and Homemaker Services, and Respite Services
Two organizations in Kern County are partnering successfully to offer Community Supports to people who need help with activities of daily living. This fact sheet provides strategies for other organizations seeking to offer these services.
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Centering Perspectives of Dually Eligible Older Adults of Color
Community Catalyst and the LeadingAge LTSS Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston partnered with community organizations in California to pilot the cocreation of a set of HCBS quality measures with dually eligible older adults of color.
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CalAIM FAQ for Assisted Living Community Operators
This fact sheet provides general information and resources for operators interested in learning more about CalAIM and how its Community Supports program may support the populations they serve.
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CalAIM Explained for Assisted Living Community Operators
This brief focuses on CalAIM’s provisions for older adults, explaining how it seeks to increase access and to improve the delivery of long-term services and supports.
