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Cash & Counseling Congressional Briefing

Kevin J. Mahoney, PhD National Program Director July 29, 2005. Cash & Counseling Congressional Briefing. Cash & Counseling: Program Overview. Funders The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation US DHHS/ASPE Administration on Aging Waiver and Program Oversight

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Cash & Counseling Congressional Briefing

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  1. Kevin J. Mahoney, PhD National Program Director July 29, 2005 Cash & Counseling Congressional Briefing

  2. Cash & Counseling: Program Overview • Funders • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • US DHHS/ASPE • Administration on Aging • Waiver and Program Oversight • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services • National Program Office • Boston College Graduate School of Social Work • Evaluator • Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

  3. Original Cash & Counseling Demonstration Overview Demonstration States • Arkansas, Florida, New Jersey • Study Populations • Adults with disabilities (Ages 18-64) • Elders (Ages 65+) • Florida only: Children with developmental disabilities • Feeder Programs • Arkansas and New Jersey: Medicaid personal care option programs • Florida: Medicaid 1915c Home and Community-Based long-term care waiver programs

  4. Basic Model for Cash & Counseling • Step 1: Consumers receive traditional assessment and care plan • Step 2: A dollar value is assigned to that care plan • Step 3: Consumers receive enough information to make unbiased personal choice between managing individualized budget or receiving traditional agency-delivered services

  5. Basic Model for Cash & Counseling • Step 4: Consumer and counselor develop spending plan to meet consumer’s personal assistance needs • Step 5: Cash allowance group provided with financial management and counseling services (supports brokerage)

  6. Original and Expansion Cash & Counseling States

  7. Receiving Monthly Allowance at 9 Months (Treatment Group Members Living in Community) Percent Non-Elderly Adults Children Elderly Adults FL FL AR NJ AR FL NJ

  8. Receiving Paid Assistance at 9 Months Non-Elderly Adults Percent Children Elderly Adults ** ** ** ** ** ** T C NJ T C FL T C NJ T C FL T C FL T C AR T C AR *, ** Significantly different from control group at .05, .01 level, respectively.

  9. Very Satisfied with Overall Care Arrangements Percent Non-Elderly Adults Children Elderly Adults ** ** ** ** ** ** T C NJ T C FL T C NJ T C FL T C AR T C AR T C FL *, ** Significantly different from control group at .05, .01 level, respectively.

  10. Had an Unmet Need for Help with Personal Care Percent Non-Elderly Adults Children Elderly Adults * ** ** * ** T C NJ T C FL T C NJ T C FL T C FL T C AR T C AR *, ** Significantly different from control group at .05, .01 level, respectively.

  11. Contractures Developed or Worsened Percent Non-Elderly Adults Children Elderly Adults ** * * T C NJ T C FL T C NJ T C FL T C FL T C AR T C AR *, ** Significantly different from control group at .05, .01 level, respectively.

  12. Very Satisfied with Way Spending Life These Days Percent Non-Elderly Adults Children Elderly Adults ** ** ** ** ** ** * T C NJ T C FL T C NJ T C FL T C FL T C AR T C AR *, ** Significantly different from control group at .05, .01 level, respectively.

  13. Informal CaregiversVery Satisfied with Overall Care Adults Children Percent *** *** *** *** C T T C T C T C AR FL FL NJ *,**,*** Significantly different from control group at .10 (*), .05 (**), or .01 (***) level.

  14. Informal Caregivers Experienced Less Emotional Strain Adults Children Percent ** *** C T T C T C T C AR FL FL NJ *,**,*** Significantly different from control group at .10 (*), .05 (**), or .01 (***) level.

  15. Informal Caregivers Experienced Less Physical Strain Adults Children Percent *** *** *** *** C T T C T C T C AR FL FL NJ *,**,*** Significantly different from control group at .10 (*), .05 (**), or .01 (***) level.

  16. Informal Caregivers Experienced Less Financial Strain Adults Children Percent *** *** *** *** C T T C T C T C AR FL FL NJ *,**,*** Significantly different from control group at .10 (*), .05 (**), or .01 (***) level.

  17. Working Conditions

  18. Training and Preparedness of Directly Hired Workers • Half trained in personal care or routine health care On the other hand— • Felt well-informed about care recipient’s condition (~90%) • Felt fully prepared for job (>90%) • Injuries and physical strain similar to agency workers providing equal hours of care

  19. Effects on Medicaid PCS/HCBS Expenditures—Year 1 • Significantly Higher for Treatment Group in Each State • In AR and NJ, Mainly Because Control Group Received Substantially Less Care Than Authorized • In FL, Mainly Because Children and Adults With Developmental Disabilities Got Larger Benefit Increases After Assigned to Treatment Group

  20. Effects on Medicaid PCS/HCBS Expenditures—Year 1 **Significantly different from zero at .01 level.

  21. Effects on non-PCS Medicaid Expenditures • Other Medicaid Costs Moderately Lower For Treatment Group in Each Age Group in All Three States • The Best Example: • In AR , Compared to Control Group, Treatment Group Had 40% Fewer Admissions to Nursing Facilities in Second Year

  22. Effects on non-PCS Medicaid Expenditures—Year 1 *Significantly different from zero at .05 level.

  23. Effect on Total Medicaid Costs • In AR, No Significant Difference by End of Year 2 • Reductions in NF and other Waiver Costs Off-Set Increase in Personal Care Costs • In NJ and FL, Costs Up 8-12%, But States Learned How to Control Costs • Higher Costs in AR and NJ Due to Failure of Traditional System

  24. Effect on Total Medicaid Costs—Year 1 vs. Year 2 **Significantly different from zero at .01 level.

  25. Policy Implications • Can increase access to care • Greatly improves quality of life (all ages) • Caregivers also benefit greatly • States may be concerned about costs • But have learned how to control them

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