1. Home- and Community-Based Provider Preparation for Pennsylvania’s Managed Long-term Services and Supports
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Mph Todd Bear PhD, Evan S. Cole, A. Everette James Jd, and Howard B. Degenholtz
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Community based ,Quality Assurance, Health Care ,Medicaid ,State Health Plans ,Managed Care Programs ,Community Participation ,Pennsylvania ,United States ,Term (time) ,Nursing ,Humans ,Managed care ,Community Health Services ,Business ,Life-span and Life-course Studies ,Gerontology ,Demography - Abstract
As Pennsylvania implements its managed long-term services and supports program, we explore how home- and community-based providers are preparing for and perceiving the transition through an online survey. We summarize responses and conduct chi-square analysis to measure differences between select provider groups. Despite high levels of uncertainty about program impact, over 84% of respondents plan to participate. We found that providers in the first implementation phase had more strategic and operational discussions with MCOs than the other two phases (
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- 2021
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