Bill Text: IA HF188 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the evaluation of Medicaid-managed care long-term services and supports.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-02 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 234. [HF188 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF188-Introduced.html
House File 188 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 188 BY BROWN-POWERS , CROKEN , STAED , KRESSIG , GJERDE , AMOS , MATSON , KURTH , WILSON , EHLERT , LEVIN , WILBURN , and STECKMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the evaluation of Medicaid-managed care 1 long-term services and supports. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1760YH (2) 90 pf/rh
H.F. 188 Section 1. DATA REPORTING —— MEDICAID MANAGED CARE 1 LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. The department of health 2 and human services shall contractually require each Medicaid 3 managed care organization (MCO) to report each quarter all of 4 the following information from the previous quarter regarding 5 the MCO’s long-term services and supports (LTSS) population 6 members: 7 1. The total amount expended on the LTSS population 8 categorized by institutional and noninstitutional setting and 9 by target population. 10 2. Any reductions or increases in the total amount expended 11 on the LTSS population categorized by setting and target 12 population and the reasons for the reduction or increase such 13 as changes in the service setting, changes attributable to 14 level of care determinations or redeterminations, decreased 15 or increased utilization of inpatient or outpatient services, 16 reduced or increased cost per unit or service, and other 17 factors. 18 3. Trends identified in expenditures and the services 19 provided to the LTSS population. 20 Sec. 2. MEDICAID MANAGED CARE LONG-TERM SERVICES AND 21 SUPPORTS POPULATION —— METRICS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 22 1. The department of health and human services shall 23 convene stakeholders with expertise or interest in the LTSS 24 population to review existing performance and outcome metrics 25 for managed LTSS to determine if the current metrics provide 26 constructive information to ensure the population is receiving 27 access to necessary services and supports, that person-centered 28 care and decision making are being promoted, and that the 29 delivery system is not resulting in adverse selection or 30 creating incentives to underserve or deny claims for members. 31 The stakeholder group shall review national LTSS population 32 evaluation tools and metrics and shall make recommendations 33 to the governor and the general assembly by October 1, 2023, 34 for data collection based on a core set of LTSS-specific 35 -1- LSB 1760YH (2) 90 pf/rh 1/ 3
H.F. 188 quality and performance metrics. The core set of metrics 1 recommended shall address the full spectrum of complex needs 2 for individuals accessing LTSS and allow effective evaluation 3 beyond structural elements and service delivery processes by 4 incorporating measures of individual outcomes and personal 5 experiences. The core set of metrics recommended shall go 6 beyond clinical measures and focus on quality of life and 7 quality of care outcomes, and shall provide for direct input 8 through surveys and face-to-face level encounter data solicited 9 from LTSS consumers and their support networks. 10 2. For the purposes of this section, “managed LTSS” means 11 long-term services and supports delivered through Medicaid 12 managed care. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill relates to Medicaid managed long-term services 17 and supports (LTSS). The bill requires the department of 18 health and human services (HHS) to contractually require each 19 Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) to report each quarter 20 specific information from the previous quarter regarding the 21 LTSS population members covered by the MCO including data 22 related to the total amount expended on the LTSS population 23 categorized by institutional and noninstitutional setting and 24 by target population; reductions or increases in the total 25 amount expended by setting and target population and the 26 reasons for the reduction or increase; and trends identified in 27 expenditures and services provided. 28 The bill also requires HHS to convene stakeholders with 29 expertise or interest in the LTSS population to review existing 30 metrics for the managed LTSS population to determine if the 31 current metrics provide constructive information to ensure 32 the population is receiving access to necessary services and 33 supports, that person-centered care and decision making are 34 being promoted, and that the delivery system is not resulting 35 -2- LSB 1760YH (2) 90 pf/rh 2/ 3
H.F. 188 in adverse selection or creating incentives to underserve or 1 deny claims for members. The stakeholder group is required to 2 review national LTSS population evaluation tools and metrics 3 and make recommendations to the governor and the general 4 assembly by October 1, 2023, for data collection based on a 5 core set of LTSS-specific metrics. 6 -3- LSB 1760YH (2) 90 pf/rh 3/ 3
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