8/30/2016 1 BlueCare Tennessee and BlueCare, Independent Licensees of BlueCross BlueShield Association Employment and Community First (ECF) CHOICES Overview Virginia Piper RN CCM CDDN ECF CHOICES, Consumer Advocate E TN To provide a brief overview of: Definition of Medicaid Waivers The mission and goals of ECF CHOICES ECF CHOICES Eligibility requirements ECF CHOICES Groups Referral process 2 Objectives Prior to 1981, Medicaid funds were only allowed to be used for institutional programs such as state-run facilities like Arlington Developmental Center, a hospital or ICF/ID (previously referred to as ICF/MR). The federal government reimbursed the states 50 percent of the costs of these institutions. 3 What’s a Waiver? Pulling it all Together Community movement Federal regulations changed States could ask for waivers to allow the Medicaid funds to be spent on services outside of institutions in homes and other community based settings 4 What happened in 1981? Services only available for Tennesseans with ID-not DD DIDD Waiting List > 6000 people Only “Crisis” enrollments Spending twice national average per person per capita for ID services Higher % of people using 24/7 residential services than other states Natural supports supplanted in 24/7 service model 5 DIDD Waiver “Tennessee proposes to become the first state in the country to develop and implement an HCBS program that is specifically geared toward promoting and supporting integrated, competitive employment and independent living as the first and preferred option for all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Employment and Community First CHOICES” 6 Origin of ECF CHOICES
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BlueCare Tennessee and BlueCare, Independent Licensees of BlueCross BlueShield Association
Employment and Community First
(ECF) CHOICES Overview
Virginia Piper RN CCM CDDN
ECF CHOICES, Consumer Advocate E TN
To provide a brief overview of:
Definition of Medicaid Waivers
The mission and goals of ECF CHOICES
ECF CHOICES Eligibility requirements
ECF CHOICES Groups
Referral process
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Objectives
Prior to 1981, Medicaid funds
were only allowed to be used for institutional programs such as state-run facilities like Arlington Developmental Center, a hospital or ICF/ID (previously referred to as ICF/MR).
The federal government
reimbursed the states 50
percent of the costs of these
institutions.
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What’s a Waiver? Pulling it all Together
Community movement
Federal regulations changed
States could ask for waivers to allow the Medicaid funds to be spent on services outside of institutions in homes and other community based settings
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What happened in 1981?
Services only available for Tennesseans with ID-not DD
DIDD Waiting List > 6000 people
Only “Crisis” enrollments
Spending twice national average per person per capita for ID services
Higher % of people using 24/7 residential services than other states
Natural supports supplanted in 24/7 service model
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DIDD Waiver
“Tennessee proposes to become the first state in the country to develop and implement an HCBS program that is specifically geared toward promoting and supporting integrated, competitive employment and independent living as the first and preferred option for all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Employment and Community First CHOICES”
After much discussion between the State of TN and Stakeholders, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) approved ECF CHOICES program in February 2016.
Competitive employment and independent living as the first and preferred option
Provide services for adults with ID and DD
Supports for families caring for a person with I/DD
Consumer-Direction Options
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ECF CHOICES Program Benefits
• Integrated physical/behavioral/Home & Community
Based Services approach
– Preventive support services to avoid crisis
– With competitive employment and independent community
living options
– Less restrictive, with more independent community living
options
– Smaller, capped benefits to serve more people
• Launch July 1 with ~1,700 members, two MCOs
• New Network Providers – Employment and Housing
• MCO Advisory Groups to collaborate with advocates
statewide
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Employment and Community First (ECF) CHOICES
Who is Employment and Community First CHOICES for?
Tennesseans with Intellectual Disabilities
Tennesseans with other Developmental Disabilities
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Intellectual Disability
Defined as substantial limitations in functioning:
IQ 70 or below that exists concurrently with related limitations in two (2) or more of the following adaptive skill areas: communication, self-care, home living, social skills, community use, self-direction, health and safety, functional academics, leisure, and work; and
That are manifested before eighteen (18) years of age.
Developmental disability in a person up to five (5) years of age means a condition of substantial developmental delay or specific congenital or acquired conditions with a high probability of resulting in developmental disability as defined for persons over five (5) years of age if services and supports are not provided
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Developmental Disability
Developmental disability in a person over five (5) years of age means a condition that:
As attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
Manifested before twenty-two (22) years of age;
Is likely to continue indefinitely;
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Developmental Disability
Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following major life activities:
(a) Self-care; (b) Receptive and expressive language; (c) Learning;(d) Mobility;(e) Self- direction;(f) Capacity for independent living; or (g) Economic self-sufficiency; and
Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic services, supports, or other assistance that is likely to continue indefinitely and need to be individually planned and coordinated.
Families with children under 21 with ID or DD Adults age 21 and older living at home with family
caregivers may also elect to enroll in this group Meet NF LOC or without HCBS, “at risk” of
institutionalization HCBS beyond scope of early and periodic screening,
diagnosis and treatment (EPSDT) that will help support families and sustain natural caregiving networks
Help plan and prepare for transition into employment and integrated, independent living in adulthood
Hope to serve up to 500 individuals in this group in year one, subject to appropriations
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Essential Support for Employment and Independent Living (Group 5) Adults age 21 and older with ID or DD Without HCBS, “at risk” of institutionalization Helping adults plan and achieve employment and
independent living goals and experience community life Assisting young adults to transition from school into
integrated, competitive employment Hope to serve up to 1,000 individuals in this group in
year one, subject to appropriations Prioritize for enrollment young adults transitioning from
school who are already employed in an integrated setting
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Comprehensive Supports for Employment and Community Living (Group 6) Adults age 21 and older with ID or DD
Meet NF LOC and require specialized supports related to I/DD (more significant needs)
More intensive level of services/supports
Help adults plan and achieve employment and community living goals, become as independent as possible, participate fully in community life
Hope to serve up to 200 individuals in this group in year one, subject to appropriations
Prioritize for enrollment families with aging caregivers
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ECF CHOICES expenditure caps
Essential Family Supports (Group 4)
$15,000 (not counting the cost of minor home modifications)
Essential Supports for Employment and Independent Living (Group 5)
$30,000
Exception for emergency needs up to $6,000 per year (hard cap of $36,000); consistent with Self-Determination Waiver
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ECF CHOICES Expenditure Cap, cont
Comprehensive Supports for Employment and Community Living (Group 6)
$45,000 (low to moderate need)
$60,000 (high need)
Exception
Up to applicable average cost of NF + specialized services for DD with exceptional medical/behavioral needs
Up to average cost of private ICF/IID for ID with exceptional medical/behavioral needs
Level of need, including exceptional medical/behavioral needs, to be determined through use of the Supports Intensity Scale, administered by an objective entity
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Enrollment Targets for ECF CHOICES
Enrollment for Year 1 ECF CHOICES for ALL MCOs
Year 1 - July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017
Essential Family Supports – 500 people
Essential Supports for Employment and Independent Living – 1000 people
Comprehensive Supports for Employment and Community Living – 200 people
DIDD waivers closed July 1, 2016 (no new enrollees, except those in DCS custody who are eligible will be enrolled in the DIDD Waiver until January)
Individuals on the DIDD waiting list received a letter of notification from TennCare
Letter describes ECF CHOICES and online self-screening process
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On-Line Self Screening Referral
TennCare Self-Screening Tool:
On-line application to collect basic information to assist in determining the applicant’s likelihood for meeting target criteria and priority enrollment categories
Applicants who need assistance or who do not utilize the self-screening tool, a telephonic screening will be conducted utilizing the same electronic tool
https://tcreq.tn.gov/tmtrack/ecf/index.htm
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Intake
For applicants who are currently enrolled in Medicaid and are Amerigroup or Blue Care members, their MCO will conduct intake
For applicants who are not currently enrolled in Medicaid OR who are currently enrolled with United Healthcare, DIDD will conduct intake
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Financial Eligibility
The following financial criteria must be met:
Resources must not be more than $2,000
Individual Monthly Income must not be more than $2,199