Lead Story: New York The Department of Health received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend the State's Medicaid Plan to effectuate the Community First Choice Option (CFCO) as of July 1, 2015. CFCO will…
November 10, 2016 Dear members, colleagues and friends, To put it mildly, I am guessing most of us are quite surprised by Tuesday’s election results, regardless of our political leanings. I am guessing most of us share a sense of…
Election Day November 8, 2016 Click here for your Kentucky Election Directory! Kentucky General Assembly: In the Kentucky State Senate, there are 11 Democratic incumbents and 27 Republican incumbents. Two incumbents faced primary challengers in the Democratic Party. Two…
State Disability News Highlights for Period ending 10/28/2016 Lead Story: Idaho More than 4,000 Idahoans enrolled the state's Medicaid program for adults with developmental disabilities will no longer have their funding determined by an unknown formula, thanks to a settlement…
Happy Friday! As an association KAPP finds itself in an interesting and exciting time of change and opportunity. While the status of regulations, CMS approvals, Final Rule implementations, and historic elections...are all hanging in the balance...we are working diligently and…
State Disability News Highlights By Diane McComb posted 16 hours ago 0 Recommend State Disability News Highlights for Period ending 10/14/2016 Lead Story: Kansas The employees of Cornerstone Supports gathered last week at a house in Olathe with their clients…
October 7, 2016 Newsletter Re-KAPP Members - It's been a very busy week...Here's your weekly RE-KAPP: Waiver Workgroup Updates (these workgroups are the direct result of KAPP's meeting with Commissioner Anderson on August 12th, when she asked us to identify…
BRINGING LONG-TERM SUPPORTS & SERVICES INTO THE 21ST CENTURY ANCOR's Technology White Paper
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2016 Conference Presentations Pre-Conference Session: Waiver Redesign Presentation Katherine's Presentation: Updates from Washington, DC Diane McComb, ANCOR Diane McComb's Presentation on MLTSS Richard's Presentation: Provider Based Managed Care Solutions Joe's Presentation: The Emerging Roles & Changing Expectations of…