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Affordable Health Care Act
Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstrations
The Advanced Primary Care Practice
Demonstration project is part of the Affordable
Health Care Act. Since its start on November 1,
2011, this project is providing 500 community health
care centers with about $42 million. It aims to show
how the patient-centered medical home model can
improve quality of care, promote better health and
lower costs. The project takes place over three
years. Forty-four states have community health
care centers participating in the project.
This project's goal is to improve the quality of care
delivered through Medicare. It is also working to
improve the coordination of care for recipients. The
project is working to help patients receive the right
tests, right medications and right treatments in the
right setting. For example, community health care
centers can use project money to be open extended
hours and see patients with urgent care needs.
For more information on the Affordable Health
Care Act, visit www.HealthCare.gov. For more
information on the Advanced Primary Care Practice
demonstration project, including a fact sheet and
a list of participating health centers, visit www.
innovations.cms.gov. Both of these sites are
managed by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. You can call 877-696-6775 for
more information.
Money Follows the Person Grant
West Virginia recieved $22.2 million for Money
Follows the Person (MFP). This program helps
people who live in nursing homes or other
institutions move back into the community. Once
back in the community, money is used to provide
program participants the services and supports
they need.
MFP has two major parts. One part is redirecting
to move funds to support home and community-
based services (HCBS). This means transfering
state funds from institutions to HCBS programs.
The second part is a transition program. This
program supports people who want to move back
into their home communitites from institutions in
which they currently live.
This program will help states increase the number
of people with disabilities living in communities of
their choice. It also helps create community-based
long-term care options. This allows the elderly
and people with disabilities to be active in their
communities.
For more information on the MFP program,
contact the Bureau of Medical Services 304-356-
4872.
SSI Benets Increase
Social Security Income (SSI) recipients
will have an increase in monthly benets in
2012. The increase will be about 3.5%. The
increase is a cost-of-living-adjustment. This
is the rst increase SSI recipients have had
since 2009. The increase should be in place
by December 30, 2011.
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