Money Follows the Person 2015 Annual Evaluation Report: final report Money Follows the Person 2015 Annual Evaluation Report: final report

Collection: Health Policy and Services Research Author(s): Irvin, Carol V., author Bohl, Alex, author Stewart, Kate, author Williams, Susan R., author Steiner, Allison, author Denny-Brown, Noelle, author Wysocki, Andrea, author Coughlin, Rebecca, author Smoot, Jason, author Peebles, Victoria, author Contributor(s): Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., issuing body. Publication: Cambridge, MA : Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., May 11, 2017 Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): Community Health Services -- economics Community Health Services -- statistics & numerical data Community Health Services -- trends Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data Health Expenditures -- trends Home Care Services -- economics Home Care Services -- statistics & numerical data Home Care Services -- trends Independent Living -- economics Independent Living -- statistics & numerical data Independent Living -- trends Long-Term Care -- economics Long-Term Care -- statistics & numerical data Long-Term Care -- trends Medicaid -- economics Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- trends Medicare -- economics Medicare -- statistics & numerical data Medicare -- trends Public Assistance -- economics Public Assistance -- statistics & numerical data Public Assistance -- trends United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.) Genre(s): Technical Report Abstract: The national Money Follows the Person (MFP) rebalancing demonstration continues to grow; the 11,661 MFP transitions during calendar year 2015 marked the largest annual number transitioned since the inception of the demonstration and represented 97 percent of the number grantees targeted for the year. Cumulative MFP enrollment increased to 63,337 transitions by the end of December 2015, a 23-percentage-point increase over the total number at the same point in 2014. The national evaluation has continued to assess demonstration outcomes, but for the first time has estimated cost savings associated with the demonstration. Estimates indicate that the transitions through the end of 2013 (the sixth year of MFP transitions) generated health care cost savings in the range of $204 to $978 million depending on the number of transitions that can be attributed to the MFP demonstration. In addition, consistently throughout the demonstration, MFP participants have reported significant improvement in the quality of their lives while state grantees have benefited from the flexibility afforded by the grant funding to develop transition programs, expand community-based LTSS offerings, design new services, and remove programmatic barriers to transition. This report is the seventh in a series of annual reports that Mathematica Policy Research is producing for the national evaluation of the MFP demonstration funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (CMS Contract Number HHSM-500-2010-00026I/HHSM-500-T0010). It provides basic information about the program, how it grew and changed since transitions began in 2007. It also presents estimates of program outcomes and provides the underlying information needed for a report to congress. Copyright: Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information) Extent: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (1 v. (various pagings))) Illustrations: Illustrations NLM Unique ID: 101741203 (See catalog record) Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101741203