​​Long-Term Care at Home Stakeholder and Workgroup Information​

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On May 22, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and California Department of Aging (CDA) announced the development of a potential new “Long-Term Care at Home" benefit in Medi-Cal for managed care and fee-for-service beneficiaries. This new model of care is intended to help address the coronavirus pandemic by decompressing our skilled nursing facilities, and provide eligible consumers with a coordinated and bundled set of medical and home and community services to help vulnerable adults statewide stay healthy at home. Services delivered will be tailored to the needs of the individual based on a person-centered assessment and organized and delivered by a single licensed agency.

This benefit is intended to support home care for individuals transferring from hospitals to home, from skilled nursing facilities to home or to prevent a skilled nursing facility stay.  It would increase consumer and family choices in where to live and how to receive care.

DHCS and CDA will develop this model in coordination with the Master Plan for Aging Long-Ter​m Services and Supports Subcommittee, other stakeholders, and partner departments within the Administration, including the Departments of Social Services, Public Health, Developmental Services, and Rehabilitation. 

DHCS will seek approval from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for this benefit and is intending to implement this model by early 2021.  The Long-Term Care at Home benefit is intended to be cost-neutral for the state General Fund.

DHCS and CDA will convene three public stakeholder meetings to discuss this proposal, via telephone and webinar, on the following dates:

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​The June 25​th and July 31st meetings will be reserved for discussion by the Master Plan for Aging Long-Term Services and Supports Subcommittee members.  At the July 17th meeting, additional key stakeholders will be asked to participate in addition to the Master Plan for Aging Long-Term Services and Supports Subcommittee members. 

All meetings will allow for public comment by telephone/webinar and by email.​​

C​ontact Us

Please submit any questions or comments, or requests to be added to the distribution list for this initiative, to LTCatHome@dhcs.ca.gov.

For individuals with disabilities, the Department will provide assistive services such as sign-language interpretation, real-time captioning, note takers, reading or writing assistance, and conversion of training or meeting materials into Braille, large print, audiocassette, or computer disk. To request such services or copies in an alternate format, please email LTCatHome@dhcs.ca.gov​. 

Please note, the range of assistive services available may be limited if requests are received less than ten working days prior to the meeting or event.


 

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