Public Policy & Action

• Federal Funding for Seniors Programs
• Older Americans Act
• Long-Term Services & Supports
  • Medicaid HCBS Webinars
  • Duals Integration
• Health Care Reform
• Our Positions
• Advocacy Toolkit

Resources

For Professionals

• Missing from the Presidential Debate: Long-Term Care
• Long-Term Services & Supports: Candidate Survey
• House Vote to Repeal CLASS Shows Congress is Out of Touch with the Struggles of Middle-Class Americans
• Top 6 Policy Issues Affecting Seniors in 2012
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Point of Contact
• Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Overview of Key Issues and Guiding Principles
• State Advocate Experiences and Engagement in Duals Integration

For Older Adults and Caregivers

• Long-Term Services & Supports: Candidate Survey

For Advocates

• Long-Term Services & Supports: Candidate Survey
• Money Follows the Person

Balance Incentive Payments Program

The Balance Incentive Payments Program is a new grant program that starts October 2011. Eligible states will be able to apply for grants to help balance their Medicaid long-term care system so that it provides more community-based services instead of institutional services.

States will receive additional federal funding through an enhanced federal Medicaid match of either 2% or 5%, with greater incentives going to states with greater needs to improve their systems.

Legislation

• Balance Incentive Payments Program legislation

Regulations

• State Medicaid Director Letter on Balancing Incentive Program (October 2011)
• Application for Balancing Incentive Program (October 2011)

Resources

• Long-Term Services & Supports Scorecard (October 2011)
• National Academy for State Health Policy: Implementing the Affordable Care Act: New Options for Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (October 2010)
• AARP: Health Care Reform Improves Access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services: Fact Sheet (June 2010)

want to live in a country where

older adults don't have to choose between paying for medicine or food.