Nursing Home Transition: Making It Work, Making It Last

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Sources of Susan Reinhard's Presentation

Slide 4: http://www.pascenter.org/olmstead/olmsteadcases.php

Slide 6: http://www.pascenter.org/olmstead/olmsteadcases.php

Slide 7: Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Evaluating Nursing Home Transition in Michigan. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors.; Reinhard, S. & Petlick, N.H. (2005, December). Sustaining New Jersey’s Evolving Community Choice Counseling Program. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 13, 2006 at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/83/4109/NJCCCdec20WEB.pdf

Slide 8: Source: Eiken, S., Holtz, D. & Steigman, D. (2005, January). Medicaid HCBS Waiver Payment for Community Transition Services: State Examples. Washington, DC.: Medstat.

Slide 11: On waiting lists, see Kitchener, M. Ng, T. & Harrington, C. (2005, July). Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation, Report#7345. Accessed March 16, 2005 at: http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7345%20rev081105.pdf

Slide 12: Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Evaluating Nursing Home Transition in Michigan. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors; Mollica, R., Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Sustaining Nursing Home Transition in Connecticut. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors; Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006, February). Indiana’s Efforts to Help Hoosiers Prevent Unwanted Nursing Home Residence. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Available at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/84/4181/INUnwantedNHResidenceWEB.pdf

Slide 14: Auerbach, R. and Reinhard, S. (2005, September). Minnesota's Long Term Care Consultations (LTCC) Services. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Available at http://www.hcbs.org/files/80/3965/MinnesotaLTCC100705WEB.pdf; Reinhard, S. & Petlick, N.H. (2005, December). Sustaining New Jersey’s Evolving Community Choice Counseling Program. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 13, 2006 at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/83/4109/NJCCCdec20WEB.pdf

Slide 15: On ADRCs, see http://www.adrc-tae.org; for discussions of outreach efforts, see Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006, January). Meeting Summary: Sustaining Nursing Home Transition. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Available at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/83/4144/NHTSummitNJSept05WEB.pdf ; Mollica, R., Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Sustaining Nursing Home Transition in Connecticut. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors.

Slide 16: Mollica, R. (2005, July). Fact Sheet: Expediting Medicaid Eligibility Determinations. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 17, 2006 from: http://www.hcbs.org/files/74/3687/PresumptiveonepagesummaryWEB.pdf; Mollica, R. (2004, July). Expediting Medicaid Financial Eligibility. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 17, 2006 from: http://www.hcbs.org/files/45/2200/813A47D0.pdf

Slide 17: Mollica, R. (2005, July). Fact Sheet: Expediting Medicaid Eligibility Determinations. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 17, 2006 from: http://www.hcbs.org/files/74/3687/PresumptiveonepagesummaryWEB.pdf; Mollica, R. (2004, July). Expediting Medicaid Financial Eligibility. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 17, 2006 from: http://www.hcbs.org/files/45/2200/813A47D0.pdf

Slide 19: Mollica, R., Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Sustaining Nursing Home Transition in Connecticut. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors; Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Evaluating Nursing Home Transition in Michigan. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors; Reinhard, S. & Petlick, N.H. (2005, December). Sustaining New Jersey’s Evolving Community Choice Counseling Program. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 13, 2006 at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/83/4109/NJCCCdec20WEB.pdf

Slide 20: Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006, February). Indiana’s Efforts to Help Hoosiers Prevent Unwanted Nursing Home Residence. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Available at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/84/4181/INUnwantedNHResidenceWEB.pdf

Slide 22: Mollica, R., Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Sustaining Nursing Home Transition in Connecticut. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors; For a technical assistance resource on NFT (including CMS letters), see Reinhard, S. & Gillespie, J. (2005, October). Nursing Facility Transition Toolbox. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed January 11, 2006 at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/80/3964/NFTToolbox10-12-05WEB.pdf; Information on Pennsylvania, see Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006, January). Meeting Summary: Sustaining Nursing Home Transition. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Available at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/83/4144/NHTSummitNJSept05WEB.pdf; information on Maryland was heard at the State Leadership Symposium co-sponsored by Rutgers/NASHP, CMS, and NCB Development Corp., held November 15-16, 2005 in Washington DC. For an additional resource on housing, see Cooper, E. & O’Hara, A. (2003, March). Regional Housing Forum: A Technical Assistance Guide for Housing Resources and Strategies. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Available at http://www.hcbs.org/files/51/2539/Final_Regional_Forum_guide.pdf

Slide 23: Mollica, R., Reinhard, S. & Farnham, J. (2006). State Policy in Practice: Sustaining Nursing Home Transition in Connecticut. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Draft available from authors; Eiken, S., Holtz, J.D., Steigman, D. (2005, January). Medicaid HCBS Waiver Payment for Community Transition Services: State Examples. Washington, DC: Medstat.

Slide 25: Hendrickson, L. & Reinhard, S. (2004). Global Budgeting: Promoting Flexible Funding to Support Long-Term Care Choices. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed March 17, 2006 at: http://www.hcbs.org/files/52/2599/State_policy_in_practice.pdf

Slide 26: Milligan, C. (2005, January). Money Follows the Person: Reducing Nursing Facility Utilization and Expenditures to Expand Home- and Community-Based Services. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center for State Health Policy & National Academy for State Health Policy: Community Living Exchange. Accessed September 30, 2005 from: http://www.hcbs.org/files/66/3264/MilliganReducingNursing.pdf

Slide 29: Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate) [S.1932.ENR], accessed March 14, 2006 from http://thomas.loc.gov; Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate, accessed March 14, 2006 from: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7028/s1932conf.pdf