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Transcript: PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID PERSONAL CARE SERVICES GET MORE HOME CARE AND USE NURSING HOMES LESS WHEN THEY DIRECT THEIR OWN CARE, STUDY FINDS
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
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- November 19, 2003
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INDSTRY GROUP 80
Regulatory Intelligence Data
11-19-2003
Model Consumer-Directed Care Program Costs Medicaid No More than
Traditional Agency Care
Arkansas Medicaid enrollees who had the opportunity to direct their
own personal care services using a cash allowance were much more likely
to actually receive such services than were enrollees who were eligible
for services but had to get them in the usual way, from an agency, according
to the results of a study published online today by the journal Health
Affairs. Furthermore, even those who did obtain care from agencies received
only about two-thirds of the hours of care to which they were entitled,
the study found.
While this better access ...