I/DD & Managed Care? There Will Be Requirements

At the same time that Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) are moving to manage care models, the services for consumers with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) are moving in that direction as well. As we’ve reported before, 50% of consumers with I/DD receive their health and behavioral health benefits through Medicaid health plans—and 15% of those consumers have their LTSS services delivered via managed care models (see State Medicaid Programs With MLTSS: The 2016 OPEN MINDS Update, What Are The Major Provisions Of The 2016 CMS Medicaid Managed Care Final Rule?: An OPEN MINDS Market . . .