Long-Term Services & Supports (LTSS)

Twenty-one states applied and were approved to participate in the Balancing Incentive Program enacted in the 2010 Affordable Care Act which offered enhanced Federal Financial Participation to states that were eligible for the program because their FY 2009 Medicaid spending on home and community-based services (HCBS) was less than 50% of their total Medicaid spending on long-term services and su

Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, Sarita L. Karon, PhD, Mary McGinn-Shapiro, MPP, Brieanne Lyda-McDonald, MS, and Trini Thach, BSRTI International Diane Justice, MA, Scott Holladay, MPA, and Kimm Mooney, BANational Academy for State Health Policy Mary Sowers, BA

The Balancing Incentive Program is one of several provisions included in the 2009 Affordable Care Act designed to increase the provision of Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) and to improve the infrastructure for the provision of HCBS.

Communicating necessary and timely information to providers across the continuum of care is central to providing coordinated care. This report focuses on the information exchange processes of integrated care models that provide care for populations with long-term service and support (LTSS) needs.

This is the PDF version of the meeting presentation given by Joshua M. Wiener, Galina Khatutsky, Angela M. Greene, Trini Thach, and Benjamin Allaire from RTI International, and Derek Brown from Washington University for the July 2015 meeting and webinar.

  Brenda Spillman and Timothy Waidmann

This is the PDF version of the meeting presentation given by Melissa Favreault for the July 2015 meeting and webinar.

Joshua M.​ Wiener, Galina Khatutsky, Angela M. Greene, Trini Thach, and Benjamin Allaire RTI International Derek Brown Washingt​on University Jul​y 30, 2015 ASPE Policy Forum  

This is the PDF version of the meeting presentation given by Brenda Spillman and Timothy Waidman for the July 2015 meeting and webinar.

Briefing for ASPE Long-Term Care Financing Colloquium Melissa Favreault Washington, DC