Innovation Fund Grants Results Meeting
- Meeting Program is also available in Portable Document Format (PDF)
Thursday, September 22, 2016
1–4 pm
Empire State Plaza, Room 6
Albany, NY
Agenda
Welcome
Andrew Segal, Director, Division of Long Term Care
Opening Remarks
Laurie Lucinski, Acting Director, Balancing Incentive Program
Phyllis Howard, Grant Project Lead
Presentations
Questions/Discussion
Closing Remarks
Featured Presentations
Urgent Care for People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities
Advance Care Alliance of Ny
Worked to improve access to and quality of primary/specialty outpatient medical and behavioral health care for people with I/DD. It reduced avoidable ER visits and admissions through the provision of telehealth medical triage with access to same/next day medical appointments and off–hours urgent care teams. Also provides tele–monitoring with Interactive Choice Response (IVR) and patient activation coaching.
BIP Healthcare Coordination
Lifespan of Greater Rochester
The Community Care Connection program increased access to community–based medical, disability, and aging services for individuals with difficulty navigating LTSS due to barriers such as low health literacy, lack of support, transportation, and financial challenges. It decreased hospitalizations, ER visits, and caregiver stress by connecting individuals with community–based health care and support services and educating them about their healthcare needs.
Therapeutic Crisis Respite Program (TCRP)
Children´s Home of Jefferson County
The TCRP program stabilizes and secures a safe alternative to hospitalization for children aged 10–17 with social and emotional disturbances by providing short–term crisis respite with 24–hour supervision. It is providing care coordination, as well as follow–up care, to strengthen and support individuals and their families during times of crisis.
Remote Patient Monitoring for Children with Medical Complexity
St. Mary´s Hospital for Children
Focused on reducing the need for more intensive medical care among children with multiple chronic conditions by using remote patient monitoring. It uses an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to check on medication adherence, falls, occurrences of major medical events, and other changes in condition. Follow–up is conducted over the phone or in–person depending on the individual´s response.
Highlight Presentations
A PACE for Seniors with I/DD
Catholic Managed Long Term Care
Integrated the I/DD population into an existing PACE program, which provides comprehensive, integrated, managed health care and supportive services by a specialty trained staff. The presentation will be highlighting their "Special Needs Alert" that is given to their participants to communicate pertinent information to medical providers.
The "Extroverted" ADRC
Erie County Department of Senior Services
The ´Ready Set Home´ program reduced utilization of inappropriate levels of care and failed discharges into the community. It targeted low acuity residents of skilled nursing facilities and individuals receiving sub–acute care following a hospitalization, who were at risk of institutional placement. The program assisted them in overcoming obstacles and provided bridge services while waiting for MLTC coverage.
LGBT Older Adult Initiative Expanding Community Awareness and Options in Care
The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale
The SAGEDAY program addressed the unique social and health care needs of the aging LGBT community and developed a LGBT competent training curriculum for Adult Day Services program staff. The project increased the number of LGBT aging individuals served in non–institutional settings.
ParkerCare Geriatric Mobile Care Management and Referral Program
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
The Parker At Your Door (PAYD) program reduced unnecessary ER visits and hospitalizations by providing home–based primary care and case management services to high–need seniors. It provided individuals in the community and those discharged from Skilled Nursing facilities with a 24/7 assistance hotline to improve access to community–based LTSS.
The Medically Tailored Food and Nutrition Expansion Project
God´s Love We Deliver
Expanded the NYC–based home–based nutrition service into Nassau and Westchester counties, diverting more at–risk individuals from institutionalized care and providing the long–term support individuals need to stay healthy. Also created the ´Food and Nutrition Services Referral Tool´ to identify need and standardize determination, and educated MLTC staff on the tool and the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) benefit.
The Balancing Incentive Program, authorized by Section 10202 of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), provided financial incentives to offer Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) as an alternative to institutional care.
Overarching BIP Goals:
- Rebalance the delivery of LTSS towards community-based care.
- Promote enhanced consumer choice.
- Provide information for eligibility determination and enrollment processes.
- Improve access to and expand community LTSS.
- Provide essential services in the least restrictive setting.
- Enhance No Wrong Door/Single Entry Point System for access to LTSS information.
- Continue implementation of Comprehensive Assessment Instruments that capture a Core Data Set for determining eligibility for non-institutionally-based LTSS for all populations.
- Ensure Conflict-Free Case Management.
The BIP Innovation Fund was created to support programs offering services solutions that align with consumer preference and foster community inclusion. The fund offered a unique opportunity to engage New York´s broad network of highly qualified providers, advocates, and community-based LTSS across all populations of Medicaid beneficiaries in New York State. Fifty-four Innovation Fund grants were awarded on a competitive basis, totaling $52,750,000.
Innovation Fund Grant Awardees
Advance Care Alliance of NY
Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Services The Carter Burden Center for the Aging
Catholic Charities of Broome County d/b/a Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse Catholic Managed Long Term Care
Center for Disability Services Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling
Chautauqua County Chapter, NYSARC d/b/a The Resource Center Children´s Home of Jefferson County
Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association of NYS Coordinated Behavioral Care
Corning Council for Assistance and Information for the Disabled Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC
Elant at Goshen
Erie County Department of Senior Services Family Residences and Essential Enterprises God´s Love We Deliver
The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale The Hillside Children´s Center
The Institutes of Applied Human Dynamics Jewish Association for Services for the Aged Jewish Home Life Care, NYC Chapter
Jewish Home Life Care, Sarah Neuman Center Kids Oneida
Lifespan of Greater Rochester
Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirmary Mental Health Association of NYC
New Alternatives for Children New Horizon Counseling Center The New York Foundling Hospital New York Memory Center
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center NYSARC, Capital NYC Chapter Odyssey House
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation Regional Center for Independent Living
The Research Foundation for the SUNY, UAlbany Resource Center for Independent Living Rockland Independent Living Center
Selfhelp Community Services Services of the Underserved St. Mary´s Hospital for Children
Tompkins County Office for Aging Total Senior Care
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City Visiting Nurse Association of Central New York
VNS Association of Schenectady County d/b/a VNS of Northeastern NY Yeshiva University & Montefiore Medical Center
Funding for these activities was provided by Grant CFDA 93.778 from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. However, this information does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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