TY - JOUR
T1 - A case exemplar for national policy leadership
T2 - Expanding Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
AU - Cortes, Tara A.
AU - Sullivan-Marx, Eileen M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In November 2015, President Obama signed the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Innovation Act, which expands a proven model of care to serve high-cost and high-need populations. Specifically, the law provides the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with the authority to waive Medicaid requirements that could not be waived without additional statutory authority. Those requirements include the age of the beneficiary to be served and nursing home eligibility as a condition for PACE enrollment. The law also allows providers and other entities who are not current PACE providers the opportunity to become PACE providers and serve a predominately dually eligible population that has high needs and high cost through a coordinated, integrated model. The current article describes the impact of nursing on the legislation and policy that has shaped the evolution of the PACE program for more than 40 years.
AB - In November 2015, President Obama signed the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Innovation Act, which expands a proven model of care to serve high-cost and high-need populations. Specifically, the law provides the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with the authority to waive Medicaid requirements that could not be waived without additional statutory authority. Those requirements include the age of the beneficiary to be served and nursing home eligibility as a condition for PACE enrollment. The law also allows providers and other entities who are not current PACE providers the opportunity to become PACE providers and serve a predominately dually eligible population that has high needs and high cost through a coordinated, integrated model. The current article describes the impact of nursing on the legislation and policy that has shaped the evolution of the PACE program for more than 40 years.
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U2 - 10.3928/00989134-20160212-04
DO - 10.3928/00989134-20160212-04
M3 - Article
C2 - 26934968
AN - SCOPUS:84988922931
SN - 0098-9134
VL - 42
SP - 9
EP - 14
JO - Journal of gerontological nursing
JF - Journal of gerontological nursing
IS - 3
ER -