Addendum to State of Washington, Washington State Department of Social & Health Services, Washington State Health Care Authority Proposal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: State Demonstration to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individuals

December 28, 2012
On December 28, 2012, the State of Washington published an addendum on Washington’s HealthPathWashington Strategy 1: Health Homes (Managed Fee- for-Service Financial Alignment Model). The addendum provides state responses to questions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on how the three different strategies for integration of care interact; timeframe for Strategy 1; state requirement for health home providers to have formal arrangements with community and institutional based providers; communication/education roll-out plan; plans for integration of primary and behavioral health care for mental health participants; grievance and appeal rights; exclusion of . . .