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Medicaid Managed Care - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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community based or well elders. The capitati<strong>on</strong> payment for each group includes<br />

Medicare acute care, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> acute care, and <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> l<strong>on</strong>g term care costs.<br />

Participants who reside in the community and meet the nursing home level of care<br />

criteria earn a <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> payment for l<strong>on</strong>g term care services that equals the average<br />

spending for participants in the state's <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> home and community based<br />

services waiver. Participants who have lived in a nursing home for more than six<br />

m<strong>on</strong>ths and who are relocated to the community earn the plan a rate that is twice<br />

the average HCBS rate. In additi<strong>on</strong> the plan receives the PACEI2 adjuster-2.39 the<br />

AAPCC-for Medicare services for nursing home eligible participants who live in<br />

the community or who have moved to the community.<br />

Other incentives are being developed in Texas which will pay lower rates for a<br />

period of time when a beneficiary is placed in a nursing home from the community<br />

or when a beneficiary who is "well" and not receiving HCBS services becomes frail<br />

and requires in-home care. This mechanism creates an incentive for the plan to<br />

c<strong>on</strong>duct risk assessments and deliver adequate preventive care.<br />

Highlights<br />

* Opportunities for savings and care coordinati<strong>on</strong> are maximized and<br />

opportunity for cost shifting is minimized if the scope of benefits<br />

provided by the plan reflects the full range of needs of the populati<strong>on</strong><br />

to be served.<br />

* States need to c<strong>on</strong>sider how implementing a managed care program<br />

will impact l<strong>on</strong>g term care service providers and how to maximize<br />

enrollee choice of in-home, community, residential and instituti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

services as the individual's needs dictate.<br />

* The structure of the capitati<strong>on</strong> payment can create incentives to<br />

authorize in-home and residential services rather than instituti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

care.<br />

* Safeguards are needed to ensure that beneficiaries are receiving an<br />

appropriate level of care in the community and to m<strong>on</strong>itor incentives<br />

to underserve beneficiaries.<br />

12 The Program of Al Inclusive <str<strong>on</strong>g>Care</str<strong>on</strong>g> for the Elderly (PACE) is a program designed to serve<br />

frail elderly beneficiaries of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> and Medicare. PACE sites receive an adjusted AAPCC rate from<br />

Medicare.<br />

The Nati<strong>on</strong>al Academy for State Health Policy * a 8/97 IV-37

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