Self-Directed Budget Enhances Access to Home Health and Other Needed Services, Resulting in Fewer Unmet Needs, Better Health Outcomes, and High Satisfaction for Medicaid Beneficiaries

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Article Publication Date: 
5/9/2013
Summary: 
What They Did. Did It Work? How They Did It and Adoption Considerations. These are all the questions that the Policy Innovations Profile will answer about Cash & Counseling. As a voluntary alternative to traditional agency-delivered home care, a joint public-private program gives Medicaid enrollees a monthly allowance for home care and related services that they can spend at their own discretion. Review the evidence. tools and resources and otherimplementation tips.
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Populations: 
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Sources: 
NRCPDS
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Programs/Initiatives: 
Cash and Counseling
Keywords: 
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Participant-directed spending; budgets;

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