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

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CONSENSUS FOR ACTION<br />

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4. Develop and disseminate a brief guide of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> managed care issues to be addressed. This can<br />

be used to encourage other partners to form a comm<strong>on</strong> agenda and can foster cooperati<strong>on</strong> am<strong>on</strong>g<br />

groups of advocates.<br />

5. Devise an advocacy strategy that will support specific goals and priorities. Ihis strategy may involve<br />

lobbying state legislators woridng with state <str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> programs, writing letters to public officials.<br />

and using the media to raise public awareness of specific goals.<br />

I WHERE IS MEDICAID AIDS CARE BEING MANAGED? g-<br />

Across the nati<strong>on</strong>, states re seek- Since 1994. the Health Resources<br />

ing federal waivers (.enspeos frnm and Services Administrati<strong>on</strong> (HRSA)<br />

pares of Tide XK the federal Med-. bas awarded Igrats usder the Ryn<br />

Itad satute), to mandatorily enroll<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Medicaid</str<strong>on</strong>g> beneficiaries tntr managed<br />

care. Since January 1993, *le federal<br />

White Speciil lrajecrs of Nai<strong>on</strong>al<br />

Significance (SPNS) prgras to wPporrhe<br />

grantees to eio e de-<br />

Health <str<strong>on</strong>g>Care</str<strong>on</strong>g> Financing Adninisraveloprennt of new odiels of HId<strong>on</strong><br />

(i4CFA) has given 13 scates per- care within the managed <strong>on</strong>reenvi-<br />

-issisa<strong>on</strong> to enact smewide Medicr<strong>on</strong>ment funded iirojets indude:<br />

aid de msvetou projeas, 19 scanes AIDS Heaithcare Foandnti<strong>on</strong> (Los<br />

-haw been ginted wahivers as Par Angeles, CA);East BoitoN bor-<br />

0o r rbrnrprograms. hood Hie"r Cener (C a, Re-<br />

a n b n s a , w aive rs h ave b ee n v ere fist B~ost<strong>on</strong> and Winthrop.<br />

granted.<br />

MA); ;Jobns Hopkin inlversity<br />

The foillwing stes have received<br />

*Sdsoo of Medicine 04taorer MD);<br />

app*noval to enact<br />

Nesovit<br />

scatewide Medic-<br />

AIDS ins5: r(New York<br />

aid demn<strong>on</strong>stati<strong>on</strong> projects thats<br />

Smre);and the~atsgltar ae ancin<br />

would place people wit AIDS in<br />

tines-losAnples%(Los. A .CA<br />

nandatory managed car prsgrams tausctt~ss Health CGre financinig<br />

Hawaii, 1inoi (aperoeed, butm nor<br />

:bimpietnenred) Kentucky (aprved.<br />

but not impieminted4 Minnesota.<br />

Ad *si atiOn ,, 1 56, and isues<br />

sadSera t -girs enr yJ.iKaiser Fans-<br />

Siy Foundati<strong>on</strong> and the Health Re-<br />

Ohio (tepiemented in Jly 1996). sources and Serices Admntistra-<br />

Oreg<strong>on</strong>, and Tenessee.<br />

ti<strong>on</strong>. 1996.<br />

.. MAKINC MEDICAtO MlANAGED CARE IIORK A. AsAre At1_ PI- lnIPee. f. P.W. UAq U ilws .1th HIV<br />

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