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You are here: Home / News / New Issue Brief on Medically Frail

New Issue Brief on Medically Frail

August 4, 2015 by NDNRC

If you want to learn more about the “Medically Frail” status in Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there’s a new issue brief that has been released by the National Council for Behavioral Health and Community Catalyst entitled “Promoting Effective Identification of Medically Frail Individuals Under Medicaid Expansion.” The Medically Frail designation was something added under the ACA as a way to give states more flexibility in designing their Alternative Benefit Plans and this brief examines what some states have done and makes recommendations going forward. to download a copy of the brief, click here. If you also want to learn more about Medicaid Alternative Benefit plans and the Medically Frail designation, you can also check out our YouTube video “Health Insurance Jeopardy – Medicaid eligibility.” To watch that video, click here.

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