Report: Consumers May Need Help Directing Medicaid Personal Care
March 24, 2008
March 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Health Forum issued the following news release:
States that allow disabled Medicaid beneficiaries to direct their own personal care services should be careful to provide sufficient support to help beneficiaries find quality direct care workers and back-up assistance when needed, according to two new reports from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In 2006, 42 states offered programs allowing Medicaid beneficiaries to direct their own pe . . .
States that allow disabled Medicaid beneficiaries to direct their own personal care services should be careful to provide sufficient support to help beneficiaries find quality direct care workers and back-up assistance when needed, according to two new reports from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In 2006, 42 states offered programs allowing Medicaid beneficiaries to direct their own pe . . .