Seven State Strategies Recommended For Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services Provider Network Development

Seven strategies have been recommended to ensure consumer access to services in states developing provider organization networks for Medicaid managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS) programs for Medicaid beneficiaries and for pilot programs serving people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. The strategies were drawn from the experiences of Arizona, Minnesota, New York, and Tennessee, all of which have all established Medicaid MLTSS programs. LTSS includes nursing home care and non-medical services, such as personal assistance, homemaker/chore or meal preparation, transportation, supported employment, habiliation, fiscal intermediaries for consumer-directed services, home and vehicle modification, residential services such . . .