October 2017
Volume 17, Number 5
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Choosing and enrolling into a CHC Plan This is the second article in a series about Community HealthChoices. Community HealthChoices is a new Medicaid program that will start in southwestern Pennsylvania on January 1 (in Pennsylvania, our Medicaid program is called Medical Assistance). It will affect tens of thousands of
older adults and people with disabilities who live in this 14 county region and who fall into one of these target groups: • People who are in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid; • People who are getting services at home through the Aging Waiver or through o n e o f t h e s e Wa i v e r s :
Attendant Care, COMMCARE, Independence or OBRA; • People who simply have both Medicare and Medicaid insurance and who are not receiving any Medicaid long term care services.
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