Raising eligibility to 500% FPL has been approved and will go into effect A If CM’s know of individuals CA – July 1, 2015 or shortly thereafter. The community will be notice for who have previously applied Advisory the official implementation date for this change. This is targeted towards and were denied because of those who have Medicare to help with the gap in coverage. income; it was suggested that they reapply with CA in October. The CA Advisory Group was asked for suggestions on what kinds of A CAREAssist will meet Vic/ – services we could provide. Smaller work groups will be formed and will internally to prioritize initiatives Jonathan focus on a specific subject. and determine timelines. An email will be sent to the CA Four specific possible areas to explore were identified: Advisory Group asking about 1) over the counter medications their interest in participating in 2) enhanced services for vision work groups. 3) enhanced services for hearing 4) services for those who are incarcerated It was suggested that work groups would come together to focus on a specific subject, document a need/gap that the enhancement would address; make a case for the health benefit to the clients, cost effectiveness, etc. The program then can consider recommendations. The break out groups first meeting to be schedule in the month of May (tbd) and likely on a Wednesday afternoon (1-2 hrs).These meetings will be subject specific, relatively short and the goal is to make a case for consideration by the program of a future implementation. There is no timeline yet for any of these possible enhancements and they may not occur for some time. Adjourn 12:00 – NEXT MEETING: June 17, 2015
Raising eligibility to 500% FPL has been approved and will go into effect July 1, 2015 or shortly thereafter. The community will be notice for the official implementation date for this change. This is targeted towards those who have Medicare to help with the gap in coverage. The CA Advisory Group was asked for suggestions on what kinds of services we could provide. Smaller work groups will be formed and will focus on a specific subject. Four specific possible areas to explore were identified: 1) over the counter medications 2) enhanced services for vision 3) enhanced services for hearing 4) services for those who are incarcerated It was suggested that work groups would come together to focus on a specific subject, document a need/gap that the enhancement would address; make a case for the health benefit to the clients, cost effectiveness, etc. The program then can consider recommendations. The break out groups first meeting to be schedule in the month of May (tbd) and likely on a Wednesday afternoon (1-2 hrs).These meetings will be subject specific, relatively short and the goal is to make a case for consideration by the program of a future implementation. There is no timeline yet for any of these possible enhancements and they may not occur for some time. A – If CM’s know of individuals who have previously applied and were denied because of income; it was suggested that they reapply with CA in October. A – CAREAssist will meet internally to prioritize initiatives and determine timelines. An email will be sent to the CA Advisory Group asking about their interest in participating in work groups. CA Advisory Vic/ Jonathan Adjourn – 12:00 NEXT MEETING: June 17, 2015
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