omplex model project. The project catchment area is Rennselaer ork. The project began serving clients in May 1982. Currently, the imately 100 clients. The project hopes to reach a caseload of 159 by 1983. → Department of Public Welfare, Columbus, Ohio. Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners has been designated as the ible for implementing the Ohio project. The project site is adminisWestern Reserve Area Agency on Aging. The project catchment area ga County, which consists of the City of Cleveland and 59 suburbs. gan serving clients in May 1982. Currently, the site has approximateThe project hopes to reach a caseload of 354 clients by the end of 235,982. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. arrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania Channeling project is operated through a subcontract adelphia Corporation for Aging. This site is a fully centralized complex site. The catchment area covers more than 129 sites and includes the ty of Philadelphia. The project began serving clients in May 1982. Currojet has an active caseload of 350 clients. The project estimates that its ad will reach 500 clients by the end of June 1983. The major project ces are hospitals, senior centers, and home health agencies. e senior services project tober 1979-September 1983. State of California Health and Welfare Agency, Sacramento, Calif. n: The purpose of this project is to reduce client hospital and skilled lity days, to reduce total expenditures by social and health services for to improve clients' functional abilities. Service delivery is administered ht separate demonstration sites located throughout the State. Each site rage of 60 organizations with which they contract for the provision of aces to clients. A wide range of waivered health and social services are nder the project. 'he project is in its fourth and final year. Full caseload (1,900 clients) was the second year of the project. The comparison group (2,500 clients) was without major problems and continues to be interviewed and assessed. mputerized management information system has been developed, and exaluation efforts have been performed. During this fourth year, the focus of t is shifting from maintenance to wind-down. A special task force of MultiSenior Services Project State and site staff has been formed to identify ating to project closure. ation of community-wide alternative long term care model July 1976-July 1983. g: $960,938. e: New York State Department of Social Services, Albany, N.Y. ption: The New York State Department of Social Services is demonstrating ve approaches to delivering and financing long-term care to the adult disd elderly Medicaid population of Monore County, New York. The project eloped the Assessment for Community Care Services (ACCESS) model as a zed unit responsible for all aspects of long-term care for Monroe County resi8 years of age or over who are eligible for Medicaid and have long-term care needs. ACCESS staff provides each client with comprehensive needs-ast and case-management services. s: the project received waivers to permit provision of certain community m care services not normally provided under Medicaid in New York. Since ject became operational in 1977, more than 18,000 people with potential longare needs have received assessments under this program. ued demonstration of a long-term care center through inclusion and expansion od: August 1980-July 1984. ding: $1,802,768. ntee: Monore County Long-Term Care Program, Inc., Rochester, N.Y. cription: The purpose of tis demonstration is to expand the alternative longcare delivery model Assessment for Community Care Services (ACCESS) develfor the Medicaid population in Monroe County, New York to include the coun ty's Medicare population. The addition of this Medicare project is for the purpose of working toward an integration of Medicare and Medicaid long-term care services. Status: The development phase of this demonstration was completed, and the project began operations in October 1982. HCFA has contracted with New York Blue Cross to serve as Medicare fiscal intermediary for the demonstration. Thus far, more than 500 Medicare beneficiaries with potential long-term care needs have received assessments from the project. Home services for functionally disabled adults Period: June 1980-June 1983. Funding: $488,075. Grantee: Community Service Society, New York, N.Y. Description: Functionally disabled, low-income adults will be followed for 12 months after acute hospitalization to determine the impact of ongoing home service programs. Access to services, quality of services delivered, participation of informal supports, quality of circumstances, durability of independent living arrangements, and public costs will be examined. Status: The data collection for the baseline period has been completed. Plans for a follow-up survey are underway. The project is in the process of obtaining patientspecific Medicare and Medicaid utilization data. New York State's long-term home health care program Period: September 1978-September 1983. Funding: $225,688. Grantee: New York State Department of Social Services, Albany, N.Y. Description: This program provides an alternative to institutionalization for Medicaid clients who meet the medical criteria for SNFs or ICFs. A maximum expenditure for home care has been set at 75 percent of the going rate in a locale for SNF or ICF levels of care for which the client is eligible. The program objectives include promoting cost containment by reducing fragmentation in the provision of home care services through a single entry system that coordinates and provides these services. Status: By the end of the fourth project year, 17 provider sites were operating and the caseload had reached 983 patients. HCFA approved the project's fifth and final year through September 29, 1983. The final year allows time to complete reassessments, prepare a final report, transmit data to the evaluator, and expand the program statewide under the authority of Section 2176 (Home and Community-Based Services Program). In December 1982, the program began statewide expansion. Evaluation of New York State's Long-Term Home Health Program Period: September 1979-September 1983. Funding: $742,694. Contractor: Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Description: The Long-Term Home Health Care Program (LTHHCP) is designed to offer coordinated comprehensive home health care services through a single health care provider to Medicaid-eligible aged or disabled individuals in need of skilled nursing or health-related facility care. The major evaluation objective is to determine whether or not the LTHHCP provides an alternative to institutional care in terms of cost, service use, and quality of care. The research is designed to identify 700 program participants and 700 matched comparison participants, and follow the individuals for at least one year by collecting cost and utilization data and applying a health assessment instrument at three points in time. The data being collected are Medicare, Medicaid, Title XX, food stamps, energy assistance, public assistance, and Supplemental Security Income. The final analysis will compare total public expenditures for the program participants to those of the comparison population, with measures of health status outcome for both groups. Status: A case study qualitative analysis was completed after one year of oper ation. The case study report was completed in March 1983 and will be combined with the quantitative analysis at the end of the study. The resulting final report is expected in September 1983. South Carolina Community Long-Term Care Project Period: September 1979-September 1984. Grantee: Department of Social Services, Columbia, S.C. Description: Through Medicaid and Medicare waivers, the State is conducting a demonstration in three counties to test community-based client assessment, coordination of services, and provision of alternative services. It is anticipated that these waivers will hospitals an nursing hon client impa long-term ca Status: Th clients. In I tinuation th the Medica on project a in the proje Modificatio Period: Ja Grantee: Descripti in Texas an Medicaid ir policies of t State's lowe organization ble for proje Status: T the 15,486 i 1980, only The institu from 64,876 creased 6 p age of 42,4 from fiscal Long-term Period: S Funding: Grantee: Descripti provider of the adminis fits and cos project for ices are pr of health a Status: T were 433 e major effor ing and fie ers and su was placed fourth year project. Delivery of ncrease the use of home care services, thereby reducing reliance on lowering the incidence of conversion from Medicare to Medcaid in s. The major project objective is to gather information to determine cost effectiveness, and strategies for implementation in the State's system. project currently has 616 experimental clients and 501 control group cember 1982, HCFA approved the State's request for a two-year conough September 1984. The State expects to begin implementation of waivers in Spring 1983. The project has completed two reports-one ivities in fiscal year 1980-81 and another on nursing home utilization area. A final evaluation report is expected in Fall 1984. s of the Texas system of care for the elderly: Alternatives to the institutionalized aged nuary 1980-December 1985. Department of Human Resources, Austin, Tex. : The purpose of this project is to reduce the growth of nursing homes 1, at the same time, expand access to community care services for needy dividuals. It is being accomplished by directly changing the operating e State's Titles XIX and XX programs; in particular, by eliminating the st level of institutional care-intermediate care facility (ICF) II. Existing s responsible for the State's Titles XIX and XX programs are responsiect implementation. ne project is in its fourth year and progress thus far has been good. Of ndividuals in the "Intermediate Care Facility-II Cohort" group in March 7,455, or 48 percent, were still receiving ICF-II services in March 1982. tional population decreased 8 percent from March 1980 to March 1982, 5 to 59,744, and monthly expenditures for the institutional population depercent, after adjusting for inflation. In fiscal year 1982, a monthly aver91 individuals were receiving community-based services, up 11 percent year 1980. care demonstration project of north San Diego County September 1979-December 1983. : $1,063,463. : Allied Home Health Association, Inc., San Diego, Calif. ion: The purpose of the project is to demonstrate that a Medicare-certified of home health services is an appropriate and cost-effective resource for nistration of a long-term care system. The project is comparing client beneosts between existing long-term care services and those provided under the r 500 Medicare beneficiaries. Case-management and client-assessment servprovided by the grantee and waivered services are provided by 19 suppliers and social services. The project is in its fourth and final year. As of September 30, 1982, there experimental and 206 control patients. During the project's first two years, forts involved computerizing the Management Information System, developfield-testing the assessment instrument, negotiating contracts with providsuppliers, and training project personnel. During the third year, emphasis ced on service delivery and preliminary evaluation activities. During the ear, emphasis will be placed on evaluation activities and winding down the of medical and social services to the homebound elderly: A demonstration of intersystem coordination tee: New York City Department for the Aging, New York City, N.Y. ription: The purpose of the project is to document the characteristics of a ound elderly population in New York City, assess their health care needs, timate the costs of delivering needed care. A coordinated health care delivery has been established to carry out this project on behalf of the 400 experimendicare clients. The project includes a project advisory committee that is comof representatives of relevant city departments, and four neighborhood-based e delivery sites. us: The project is in its final year. It reached its full caseload of 400 clients in 1982. Staff at the four service sites perform case management. Each site also greements with various providers to directly render the waivered services and with other agencies to facilitate the coordination of service delivery for clients. During the final year, emphasis is focusing on service delivery, evaluation activities, and efforts relating to the wind-down of the project. Long-term care demonstration design and development Period: September 1978-September 1983. Funding: $1,243,368. Grantee: Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif. Description: The Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center is conducting this Medicare demonstration to implement a hospital-based, long-term care services delivery system in a designated service area in San Francisco, California. This model builds upon components of Mt. Zion's existing geriatric services program. A consortium of five service providers under the direction of Mt. Zion cooperate to provide a range of health and social services to the frail elderly in the designated catchment area. Status: The project has received waivers to permit provision of certain health-re lated and social services that are not otherwise provided under Medicare. The project became operational in August 1980, and by August 1981 had reached its projected caseload of 200 experimental group members and 100 control group members. The operational phase of the project is scheduled to end on June 30, 1983. The final report is expected in September 1983. Ancillary community care services: A health care system for chronically impaired elderly persons Period: October 1979-September 1983. Grantee: Department of Health and Rehabilitation, Tallahassee, Fla. Description: The State is conducting a Medicaid demonstration project in five counties. The purpose of the project is to develop and test ancillary community care services for the chronically impaired elderly 60 years of age and over. All eligible clients receive a comprehensive medical-social assessment administered by a physician and social worker. The participating counties are responsible for developing client-care plans based on the assessment, conducting case management, and contracting for services with local providers. Status: The total number of project participants is 971, with 761 randomly assigned to the experimental group and 210 assigned to the control group. All sites reached full caseload by June 1982. The project is currently in its fourth and final year. Beginning in April 1983, the project sites will work with community agencies to develop an orderly plan for transferring clients from the project to the existing service delivery system. The final project and evaluation reports will be submitted in Fall 1983. Home health aides Period: January 1982-June 1986. Description: Recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) will be trained and employed as homemakers/home health aides to provide services to elderly or disabled individuals who, without this support, would require institutionalization. The objectives of the demonstration are to reduce welfare dependency and to prevent or delay the institutional placement of the eligible service clients. This study will measure the costs and benefits of the program, including its contribution to the improvement in employment and earnings capacity of the AFDC recipient and the reduction in the need for institutional care of the functionally impaired home care service client. Status: The implementation phase of the project began January 1, 1983. Seven States are involved in the project. At this time, some of the States are recruiting and training the AFDC recipients selected to participate in the demonstration. However, the States are at various stages of development. The States involved are Arkansas, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas. Design development and evaluation of the AFDC homemaker/home health aid demonstration project Period: June 1982-June 1986. Funding: $454,174. Contractor: Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Description: The purpose of this project is to develop a research design to evaluate the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)/Homemaker Home Health Aid demonstration and to provide technical assistance to the seven States participating in the demonstration. Following the design, the actual evaluation will occur under separa uation objecti Assess the ents as home employment. Assess the risk of institu Assess the scale implem Status: Th report; a rep design. Comparison Period: Jur Funding: $ Grantee: U Description home and ho facilities. Det national sam will be tracke Status: Ma The third-ye various care Pursuit of in Period: Dec Funding: $ Grantee: N Description nursing hom derly. Altern tients are ho and outpatie cial, and facil Status: Thi H Project descr HCFA is p ods of payin beneficiaries Objectives The purpo mechanisms deterioration the existing Demonstrati HCFA wil design, inclu HHAS to pa payment me ticipating si program. Current stat HCFA is c tion. HCFA Evaluation After the and award a contracts with the seven participating States. The three major evales are to: sts and effectiveness of the training and employment of AFDC recipiaker/home health aides on subsequent, continued, and nonsubsidized osts and outcome of providing home health aide services to persons at ionalization who would otherwise not receive these services. et cost effectiveness and provide policy-relevant projections on largentation. contractor has completed three major deliverables: a data resources ort on issues in the design implementation; and the final research f the cost and quality of home health and nursing home care e 1980-January 1985. ,225,359. niversity of Colorado, Denver, Colo. : The study assesses the cost, quality, and cost-effectiveness of nursing me health care provided by free-standing agencies and hospital-based cailed data on patient conditions and services are being collected for a ple of nursing home and home health patients. A subset of patients ed over time to observe outcomes. jor research design and data collection activities have been completed. ar activities include initial cost-effectiveness comparisons among the modalities. stitutional alternatives ecember 1982-December 1983. $242,478. North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, Raleigh, N.C. on: This study explores the potential participation of North Carolina nes in alternative institutional programs that provide services to the elrnative programs to be examined for ambulatory and nonambulatory pahome health care, adult day care, meals on wheels, restorative services, ent services (physical and psychosocial). The legal, organizational, financility resource requirements will be identified. his project was initiated in December 1982. HOME HEALTH AGENCY PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT DEMONSTRATION cription s planning a demonstration project to develop and test alternative methying HHAs on a prospective basis for services furnished to Medicare es and Medicaid recipients. rpose of the demonstration is to determine whether prospective payment ms would reduce Medicare and Medicaid expenditures for HHAs without ion in the quality of care by removing disincentives to cost efficiency in ng retrospective cost reimbursement system. -ation design will solicit proposals and select a contractor to develop the demonstration ncluding recommendations as to the number and location of States and participate in the project. HCFA will probably test between two and five methodologies. After HCFA selects the final demonstration design and parg sites, the contractor will help HCFA monitor the ongoing status of the status is currently preparing the Request for Proposals to develop the demonstraCFA anticipates that a contrct will be awarded in late 1983. ion the initial demonstration design is established, HCFA will solicit proposals ard a separate contract to evaluate the demonstrations. וי |