By Jason Bloome
California is currently requesting stakeholder input for their CalAIM proposal, an ambitious undertaking which will streamline the delivery of Medicare and Medi-Cal services with the ultimate goal of transitioning the state to Managed Long Term Support and Services (MLTSS). One component of CalAIM, the use of In Lieu of Services (ILOS), will ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
Money Follows the Person (MFP), a federal program first launched in 2007, allocated $1.75 billion dollars over five years to fund state programs to transition participants from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to home and community-based services (HCBS). In 2011 Congress extended the program and increased the program’s allocation to $4 billion. Forty-four ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
A gray tidal wave is looming on the horizon for California. Approximately 7.8 million seniors (65+) call our state home. By 2060, the number of elderly in California is expected to grow 3 times as fast as the general population. From 2010 to 2060, in more than half the counties, there will ..Read More…
By Allison Murdach, LCSW (retired)
This column examines words which impact social work practice and are thus important for social workers to ponder and explore. Our word for this column is: relationship.
For decades a key social work term used to describe the interaction between professional social worker and client was relationship. This term, which ..Read More…
MLTSS cannot succeed in California without integrating assisted living facilities.
By Jason Bloome
Managed Long Term Support and Services (MLTSS) programs are quickly expanding throughout the nation. More than 24 states have MLTSS programs which consist of State Medicaid Agencies providing capitated payments to managed care organizations (MCOs) for the provision of LTSS, often in ..Read More…
Very few options exist in California for low-income families who care for the elderly with Alzheimer’s who could “wander”.
By Jason Bloome
Seniors are the fastest growing demographic age group in California. California’s Department of Finance predicts between now and 2026 the number of seniors 65 and older will grow by 2.6 million: ..Read More…
By Jason Bloome
Of the approximate 100,000 patients on long-term Medi-Cal in California skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), at least 11,000 have low level care needs that could be met by community-based residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFEs) according to a legislative analysis.
The number of patients unnecessarily institutionalized could be closer ..Read More…
By Tina Ho, Alheli Mercado, Eunice Ofalla, Tammy Van
The death of a child is a painful loss that affects family, friends and an entire community.
According to the United Nations (2008), nearly 2 million American children die every year due to conditions that could be prevented or treated with access to ..Read More…
Am I mistaken, or did the 13th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America ban slavery in the U.S. and in all places subject to its jurisdiction?
Since the ratification of this amendment, our economy has grown exponentially. We live in a world that is much ..Read More…
