LTC Proposals in Rhode Island Global Consumer Compact Waiver

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Rhode Island has submitted for approval to the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) the Rhode Island Global Consumer Choice
Compact Waiver, in which it asks CMS for the authority to become the
first state “to use global budgeting as a financing mechanism for all
Medicaid populations and services.” Rhode Island proposes a number
of fundamental changes to its Medicaid program in order to be able to
work within its proposed scheme, and asserts that “the most
significant changes . . . are on the long-term care side.”


An analysis of the proposed long-term care changes can be found in the
National Senior Citizens Law Center’s new paper The Long-Term Care
Proposals in Rhode Island’s Global Consumer Compact Waiver. Issues
that are raised include the fact that Rhode Island has not availed
itself of important LTC opportunities that do not require waivers, has
only recently implemented other programs that may produce favorable
results, and, most importantly, does not appear to be fully embracing
the purpose of Vermont’s Choices for Care program, the central feature
of which Rhode Island has borrowed for its own proposal.

If you wish to read the paper, please follow this link:
http://www.nsclc.org/areas/medicaid/the-long-term-care-proposals-in-rhode-island2019s-global-consumer-compact-waiver/at_download/attachment