News Report | February 15, 2010
Two ProgramsMoney Follows the Person & Nebraska Enhanced Care CoordinationHelping Nebraska Rebalance Medicaid Long-Term Care
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The State of Nebraskas work to rebalance its Medicaid long-term care system features tightly targeted projects to increase the use of home- and community-based services and care management. Two of the programsa federally-funded Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration project and a state-funded Medicaid voluntary expanded care management program called Nebraska Enhanced Care Coordinationstarted in mid-2008, and by July 2009 reported making progress. The MFP demonstration has helped 39 people transition from institutional placements such as . . .