Losing a Million Minds: Confronting the Tragedy of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias. Contractor Documents. Part 4. Legislative Options for Improving Medicaid Financing of Care and Services for Persons with Dementia

摘要

Partial contents: Remove the linkage between the medically needy income level and the AFDC payment standard; Require states to establish a single point of entry for applying for medicaid and related benefits; Revise the waiver language to permit states greater flexibility in developing programs in the community; Require coverage of long-term care services in the community; Prohibit discrimination on the basis of source of payment by nursing homes; Permit states to exempt discretionary trusts in determining available resources; Require all nursing homes participating in the medicare program to participate in the medicaid program.