On-demand education: Long-Term Services and Supports

 

Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) include a broad range of medical, functional and social services delivered to individuals who have complex health needs due to aging, chronic illness or a disability. These services can be provided in a range of settings, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, convalescent homes, and home and community-based settings.

In this video, UnitedHealthcare Community & State leaders explore the types of care these programs provide, who is eligible, how LTSS programs are funded, and the advantages of delivering these services through managed care. 

LTSS refers to a broad range of medical, functional, and social services that are needed by individuals who have complex health needs. How well do you know the LTSS program? Test yourself! Take the LTSS knowledge quiz.

LTSS programs allow people to live more independently by assisting with personal and health care needs, including:

Long term services & supports can only be delivered in a nursing facility.

Facility-based care is a mandatory Medicaid benefit in every state.

Home & Community based care is mandatory Medicaid benefit in every state?

Medicaid is the primary payer of LTSS?

LTSS spending makes up what percent of Medicaid spending?

The total expenditures associated with LTSS are considered to be underestimated.

States want to rebalance their LTSS spending from ___ to ___?

 

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