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Commissioned & Supported Work

Center for Health Care Strategies: Technical Assistance Tool - A Communications Work Plan to Engage Stakeholders in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Program Development

Posted: May 16, 2013

This tool from provides states with a communications work plan template and information about how to customize the template for their needs.  It offers states practical strategies to facilitate stakeholder engagement through the design and implementation of a Medicaid managed long-term services and supports program.

The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care: Nursing Home Transitions in California

Posted: April 30, 2013

As part of its California Consumers for Quality Care, No Matter Where initiative The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care recently published a report discussing successful transitions from the nursing home back to the community and key improvements needed.

National Senior Citizens Law Center: Cal MediConnect MOU Summary

Posted: April 30, 2013

The NSCLC prepared a slide deck to provide a high level summary of Cal MediConnect, the state of California's MOU for its pilot program seeking to improve care for seniors who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research: Long-Term Care Poll: Perceptions, and Attitudes among Americans 40 or Older

Posted: April 24, 2013

The Associated Press-NORC Center, with support from The SCAN Foundation, conducted a national survey of Americans 40 or over to contribute rigorous and highly relevant research to the issue of long-term care.

National Committee for Quality Assurance: Integrated Care for People with Medicare and Medicaid – A Roadmap for Quality

Posted: March 5, 2013

This paper describes a strategy for evaluating the quality and person-centeredness of integrated care models.

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. - Innovations in Integration: State Approaches to Improving Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees

Posted: February 14, 2013

This policy brief summarizes select states’ plans for financial alignment initiatives and examines some of the innovative design approaches that have been proposed. This information and a discussion of common issues states face in creating integrated programs may be valuable to other states considering similar programs for this high-need, high-cost population.

UPDATED - California Medicaid Research Institute: Medi-Cal Beneficiaries Who Use Long Term Services and Supports: Profiles of Utilization and Spending in Eight Dual Eligible Integration Counties, 2008

Posted: February 11, 2013

As part of a partnership between the University of California and the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), the California Medicaid Research Institute (CAMRI) developed an integrated and longitudinal database containing Medi-Cal and Medicare claims and assessment data of LTSS recipients in California in 2008.

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.: Quality Measurement in Integrated Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees

Posted: January 7, 2013

This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies, created with support from The SCAN Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund, summarizes efforts to develop quality of care measures for Medicare- Medicaid enrollees. It provides guidance to states in developing measurement approaches for proposed integrated programs, including assessment of quality in specific domains of integrated care such as longterm services and supports and behavioral health services. It also describes how performance measures can be shaped by stakeholder input.

Alliance for Health Reform: High and Rising Costs of Health Care in the U.S.

Posted: January 7, 2013

Alliance for Health Reform released a report that highlights what leading health care thinkers have to say about the drivers of health care costs, barriers to progress, possible solutions, and what is already working.

Center for Health Care Strategies: State Trends and Innovations in Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports

Posted: December 11, 2012

This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies highlights states’ continued progress in: 1) rebalancing LTSS options toward home- and communitybased services; and 2) developing and implementing managed LTSS programs to better integrate care. It describes states’ progress in improving quality of care for LTSS and the decision by some states to change program authority for provision of LTSS services from 1915(c) waiver authorities to comprehensive Section 1115(a) demonstration waiver authorities.

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