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Clerk 08/30/2012
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A MOTION supporting the executive's negotiation of potential participation in a demonstration project of a financially integrated care model for individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid in which medical, mental health, substance abuse and long term care services would be purchased through a managed care organization.
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WHEREAS, the Washington state Department of Social and Health Services, Aging and Disability Services Administration, and the Washington state Health Care Authority jointly submitted a proposal, titled HealthPath Washington, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to create a model that improves the quality, coordination and cost-effectiveness of the Medicare and Medicaid system for individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, and
WHEREAS, the HealthPath Washington proposal includes a strategy that provides a financially integrated model in which medical, mental health, substance abuse and long term care services would be purchased through a managed care organization for individuals dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare, and
WHEREAS, approximately thirty-one thousand one hundred fifteen individuals in King County are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, and
WHEREAS, the mental health, chemical abuse and dependency services division of the department of community and human services is responsible for providing mental health and substance abuse services to approximately five thousand beneficiaries in King County eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, and
WHEREAS, the city of Seattle Aging and Disability Services, Area Agency on Aging is responsible for providing case management services to approximately five thousand six hundred beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid in King County, and
WHEREAS, the 2012 Washington state budget, Section 201(3) (b), Chapter 7, Laws of Washington 2012, states that participation in the HealthPath demonstration project may be...

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