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Center for Studying Disability Policy at Mathematica Announces September Forum Date
Contact: Debra Wright, (202) 554-7576
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 1, 2009)—The Center for Studying Disability Policy at Mathematica Policy Research announces the sixth forum in a bimonthly lunchtime seminar series aimed at providing policymakers and others with an opportunity to hear about the latest disability policy research findings. “Current Status and Policy Implications of the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration” is scheduled for Thursday, September 24, from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at Mathematica’s office at 600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 550, Washington, D.C. Speakers will be Carol Irvin and Debra Lipson, senior researchers at Mathematica. Ruth Katz, Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be the discussant.
States have been striving to increase the capacity of long-term care systems to help more people with disabling conditions stay in the community rather than in institutions. The MFP demonstration, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, represents the next major step in these efforts. The program has important implications for people with disabling conditions, particularly during this period of health care reform.
Irvin and Lipson will present an overview of the program; describe where states began in this process and the opportunities MFP presents to improve home and community care options; discuss progress of state MFP programs; and explain challenges states face in the early stages of implementation. The speakers will also highlight the potential of state MFP programs to relocate long-term institutional residents under age 65 versus those older than 65. Katz will discuss how the demonstration fits into the evolution of policies and models designed to rebalance the long-term care system.
The disability policy forums can be attended in person or via webinar. Go to www.disabilitypolicyresearch.org/researchforums.asp to register to attend or request any necessary accommodations. Lunch will be provided.
The Center for Studying Disability Policy’s mission is to inform disability policy formation with rigorous, objective research and data collected from the people disability policy aims to serve. The center was formed in 2007 to coalesce and further strengthen Mathematica’s extensive disability policy research and data collection efforts, and to ensure that the results of Mathematica’s work are accessible to the disability policy community.
Mathematica, a nonpartisan research firm, provides a full range of research and data collection services, including program evaluation and policy research, survey design and data collection, research methods and standards, and program management/data system support, to improve public well-being. Its clients include federal and state governments, foundations, and private-sector and international organizations. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, N.J., Ann Arbor, Mich., Cambridge, Mass., Chicago, Ill., Oakland, Calif., and Washington, D.C., has conducted some of the most important studies of health care, education, family support, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs.