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In Michigan, most adults with developmental disabilities are eligible for Medicaid as long as they meet the eligibility criteria based on ...

The Individual Program Plan (IPP) Under Fire: Three Things Every Parent and Conservator Must Know from Autism Society SF Bay Area on Vi...

This is from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS): The MDHHS will be hosting a public information forum on MI Heal...

The Integrated Care Forum is about Michigan's plan, scaled back to a 3-year demonstration project, to integrate care for dual eligible...

Snow Donuts A Public Forum on Integrated Care for people eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare has been cancelled: Dear Stakeholder...

This is a notice from the Michigan Department of Community Health about a public forum on the integration of care for people eligible for bo...

This is an update from my blogpost of January 18th, 2013. The final approval of the settlement requires that skilled nursing and therapy s...

UPDATE from the Center for Medicare Advocacy : "The Center for Medicare Advocacy, along with its co-counsel Vermont Legal Aid are pl...

Jennie an d friends The Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards ( MACMHB ) and the Michigan Association of Hospital Plans...

Ohio , alon g wit h at least 2 5 other states including Michigan, has develop ed a plan to coordi nate care for people who are elig i...

Way back in 2011, Michigan was one of fifteen states to receive a contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( C...

Is it possible to make the Michigan plan for Dual Eligibles worse for people with developmental disabilities? Apparently, yes, but we all st...

For a clear and concise overview of the Michigan plan for Dual Eligibles and its effects on the state, read the analysis from the Michig...

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) submitted its plan to integrate care for people who are eligible for both Medicare and Me...

Below are links to comments on the Michigan proposal for "Integrated Care for people who are Medicare-Medicaid Eligible." The pe...

In my experience, Michigan's Community Mental Health system is chronically underfunded and overburdened . It can be both frustrating an...

Self-determination and available service settings for people with DD Currently, Self-determination is an option under state guidelines . It ...

PIHPs (Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plans)    PIHPs distribute Medicaid funds to local Community Mental Health agencies in the state and provi...

One of the rationales for integrating physical health care and mental health care for the Medicare-Medicaid Eligible (MME) population is tha...