IAP CMS Commentary

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Working With States Focused On Improving Community-Based Long-term Services and Supports: IAP’s Incentivizing Quality and Outcomes Activities

May 20, 2016

Melanie Brown, IAP CI-LTSS Lead and Technical Director, Division of Community Systems Transformation, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, CMCS

In April, we began working on the Incentivizing Quality and Outcomes component of IAP’s Community Integration through Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) program area. We will use IAP to increase states’ understanding of how to use incentives to improve the quality of care and...

First IAP Focus Area: Reducing Substance Use Disorders

October 17, 2014

John O'Brien, Senior Policy Advisor, CMCS and David Shillcutt, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group

We are excited to confirm that the first IAP focus area will address strategies to improve states substance use disorder (SUD) treatment systems. SUD is a serious and growing problem in the U.S., but evidence is also strong for the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of treatment. Based on...

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