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NSCLC Advocates Guide for Notices in Medicaid Managed LTSS
(11/20/2014) As Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) rolls out nationwide, advocates on the ground have seen due process violations in appeals and notices of action. In this tool for advocates and consumers, NSCLC focuses on notice and appeal …
Posted in Alerts, Health Network Alert
Tagged health care, healthcare, long term care, Long Term Services and Supports, Managed Care, Medicaid
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WEBINAR: Emerging Issues and Consumer Rights in Providing Medicaid LTSS through Managed Care
Free Webinar When: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 2-3 PM EDT This webinar examined the critically important issue of consumer rights in the 28 states that have moved to Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (LTSS) systems. Additionally, it evaluated emerging … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Health Network Alert, LTSS in Managed Care, Medicaid
Tagged long term care, Long Term Services and Supports, Medicaid
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WEBINAR: Assisted Living State By State
Free Webinar When: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, 11 a.m. – NOON PDT/ 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT As part of the National Senior Citizens Law Center’s new project, Making up for Lost Time: Addressing Problems In California’s Assisted Living … Continue reading
Posted in Assisted Living, Events, Health Network Alert, Long Term Care
Tagged Assisted Living, health care, healthcare, long term care, Long Term Services and Supports
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WEBINAR: Conflict-Free Case Management: Themes in States Working to Implement New Systems
Free Webinar When: Thursday, September 25, 2014, 2-3PM EDT September 30, 2015 marks the statutory deadline for states that received funding under the Balancing Incentive Payments Program (BIPP) to make significant changes to how they fund long-term services and supports … Continue reading
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Tagged health care, healthcare, long term care, Long Term Services and Supports
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Health Network Alert – Majority of Seniors Will Need Long-Term Care
(08/25/2014) We need to address the nation’s current and future long term care financial crisis. Few seniors who are not considered poor are prepared to pay for the costs of long-term care. No one should have to become poor to …
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Tagged health care, healthcare, long term care, Long Term Services and Supports, Medicaid
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Senior Poverty: Action Needed to Address a Growing Problem
Written statement from NSCLC to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on March 5, 2014 in which NSCLC recommends strengthening the safety net, improving SSI, increasing the availability of health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Savings Programs … Continue reading
Posted in Viewpoint, Where We Stand
Tagged Elderly Poor, Home and Community-based Services, long term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Senior Poverty, Social Security
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WEBINAR: Details Matter- Service Planning and Self-Direction in Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports
March 07, 2014 An Introduction to NSCLC’s New Advocate’s Library A wave of new Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services (MLTSS) programs is sweeping the country and promising to impact the way care is delivered to millions of seniors and people with … Continue reading
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Tagged long term care, Long Term Services and Supports
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Statement of NSCLC: Congress Should Pick Up Commission on Long Term Care Baton
Dec. 19, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC — The Commission on Long-Term Care accomplished an important goal: elevating the conversation in Washington about the need to improve long-term care. The Commission report and the alternative report call attention to the urgent need …
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Tagged Home and Community-based Services, long term care, Long Term Services and Supports, Rebalancing
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NSCLC and Florida Advocates Publish Medicaid Long Term Care Guides and Tips
Seeking to prepare both advocates and consumers for Florida’s plan to move most consumers in long-term care to managed care, the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, Florida Legal Services and NSCLC have published a number of easy-to-understand materials.
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Tagged Home and Community-based Services, long term care, Managed Care
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Integrating Medicare and Medicaid: What’s Happening Now, and What It Means for Assisted Living and Other LTSS
This webinar, sponsored by the Assisted Living Consumer Alliance, explains the dual eligible integration process, with a focus on how the new demonstrations will affect long-term services and supports (LTSS) and their significance to assisted living and other long term … Continue reading
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