The new Medicaid plan options allow states to create opportunities for persons with disabilities to purchase additional Medicaid coverage. To learn more about the act and the new opportunities, POLICY & PRACTICE talked to Roger Auerbach, administrator of the Senior and Disabled Services Division in ...
State Medicaid programs are rapidly converting fee-for-service health delivery systems to managed care for people with disabilities. In theory, managed car
services as well as several other supports to help the elderly age in place. Under theMedicaid State Plan, personal care is also provided at home. Finally, theWIN Waiver, more formally known as the HCBW for Persons with Physical Disabilities provides home care for severely disabled persons. ...
Perspective of Dentists, Families, and Case Managers on Dental Care for Individuals With... Investigates the perception of dentists on dental care for persons with developmental disabilities in Kansas. Implications of health access and needs for o... Reichard,Amanda,Turnbull,... - 《Mental Retardat...
Stage 1 aims to understand the impact of demographic differences and enrollment in MMC (v. FFS) on health services appraisal (HSA) and unmet medical needs for people with disabilities. Stage 2 focuses only on people receiving MMC and is similar to the first stage, except that another variable...
34 Despite the clear association of employment with mental and physical health,35 there are negative incentives for employment for adults with disabilities because increased wages may reduce Social Security benefits.36 We saw an increasing enrollment in Medicaid for adults with Down syndrome over time,...
Serving more than 64 million Americans, Medicaid is a federal- and state-level program that helps with medical costs for eligible, low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults, and people with disabilities. Medicaid programs are designed at the state level and most health care ...
(Social Welfare)USa health assistance programme financed by federal, state, and local taxes to help pay hospital and medical costs for persons of low income [C20: medic(al) + aid] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994,...
Over the years, Congress has added substantially to the scope of Medicaid, and as the program has expanded it has become increasingly important as a mechanism to finance health care for low-income children, families, pregnant women, the elderly and persons with disabilities. It also now finances...
Typically, Medicaid is available for low-income households with pregnant women, children, elderly persons and people with disabilities. But not everyone can find their way to the hospital on their own. So, it is a good thing that Medicaid transportation in Illinois is available for medical and ...