Proposed Pennsylvania Integrated Care Initiative

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging and Office of Long Term Living was planning to implement a voluntary integrated care program in July 2010.  (It appears that any integrated care plan will be delayed until the next administration.)  Older adults currently in Special Needs Plans or those who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid would have been offered voluntary enrollment.  (Consumers receiving Aging Waiver services and nursing home residents would not be eligible to enroll.)  Click here for the website offering more informationabout the integrated plan proposal and stakeholder information.  The Department issued a Program Design Overview in June 2009 and an updated version in December 2009.  CARIE submitted comments and recommendations on the Draft ICI Design in response to the draft proposal in June.