Wisconsin’s long-tenured Family Care MLTSS Program continues to find success with major goals including increased ability to keep consumers at home, lowered costs and reduced inefficiencies. They continue to raise the bar for national MLTSS programs.
The Tennessee advocates worked with consumers, families, peers, and legislators to create an increase for direct care workers.
Tennessee has built a strong structure for their Medicaid-managed long-term services and supports community with a program they launched in 2010 called CHOICES. Their program has been revered for its flexibility, high quality, and consumer-first approach.
Iowa’s IA Health Link launch left both providers and consumers frustrated by putting their budget before the quality of care. We analyze the missteps they took after setting unrealistic timelines for the work that needed to be done. Their MLTSS program continues to serve as a learning tool for other state’s roll outs.
First up in our review of value-based purchasing in managed care MLTSS programs is Arizona. The program has gone through a variety of upgrades and changes.
New Blog Series Launch: Looking at 25 states’ MLTSS managed care programs from an advocate-centered point of view