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Technical
Assistance to the State of Minnesota in Developing Specialized Managed
Care Programs for Individuals with Disabilities
This project involves providing a wide range of technical assistance
and consultation to various parties in the state of Minnesota, including
the Medicaid program, several counties. and a range of managed care
plans as they begin the process of enrolling their SSI population
in managed care.
Specific activities
include, but are not limited to:
- helping the
state and counties to identify their target populations,
- developing
contract specifications,
- identifying
some of the important benefits for different disability groups,
- developing
a managed care readiness review tool and conducting the readiness
review for different plans,
- providing
technical assistance around specific mental health and substance
abuse issues, and
- providing
consultation around the wide range of issues the state, the counties
and the health plans will face as they enroll the SSI population
in managed care.
HDWG
staff involved in this project are Carol
Tobias, M.M.H.S. and Mari-Lynn Drainoni,
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