Participant-Directed Services In Managed Long-Term Services And Supports Programs: A Five State Comparison

In August 2013, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released a report conducted by the National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services on participant-directed (PD) managed long term services and supports (MLTSS) programs in the following five states: Arizona, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas. The report includes sections comparing and contrasting states in the following areas: (1) General Program Characteristics; (2) State Requirements for PD-MLTSS; (3) PD-MLTSS Quality Monitoring; (4) PD-MLTSS Program Features; (5) Financial Management Services (FMS); and (6) Participant Perspectives on PD-MLTSS . . .