This report, the eighth in Mathematica's Money Follows the Person series, identifies key factors that have contributed to and hindered state efforts to transition Medicaid enrollees to community living and rebalance their long-term care systems. Three crucial program elements are (1) effective...

This report examines the progress states in the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration have made with their rebalancing programs—efforts to make community-based long-term care services and supports more accessible. States have spent MFP rebalancing funds on initiatives such as...

This report focuses on the medical and long-term care expenditures for Medicaid beneficiaries who transition from institutional to community-based long-term services and supports (LTSS) and how those expenditures change after the transition. An initial analysis of expenditures finds evidence...

This chart book summarizes the implementation progress of the MFP demonstration in the 42 grantee states that were actively transitioning participants during the six-month period from July 1 to December 31, 2013.

This report summarizes the major findings of an evaluation of the Non-Elderly Disabled Category 2 (NED-2) Housing Choice Voucher Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation. The study objectives were (1) to...

A new report summarizes progress made between July and December 2012 by Money Follows the Person (MFP) grant programs. MFP grants support state efforts to help individuals living in institutions move to home and community settings if that is where they wish to receive long-term services and...

This report looks at short-term outcomes for people in the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration. It found nursing home residents who had low care needs and transitioned to community living, through MFP or by other means, were slightly more likely to remain in the community and avoid...

This methods report describes Mathematica Policy Research’s approach to creating risk-adjustment models using composite measures to profile care delivered to the home- and community-based service (HCBS) population. The composite measures are adaptations of the Agency for Healthcare...