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Money Follows the Person: A 2012 Survey of Transitions, Services and Costs
from http://www.kff.org
The Affordable Care Act extended the Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration grant program through 2016, giving states further options to transition Medicaid beneficiaries living in institutions back to the community. Enacted into law in 2006 as part of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), the MFP demonstration provides states with enhanced federal matching funds for twelve months for each Medicaid beneficiary transitioned from an institutional setting to a community-based setting.
Primary Care: Our First Line of Defense
From the Commonwealth Fund
This brief from the Commonwealth Fund�s �Health Reform and You� series, explains why primary care is so important to patients and to the country�s bottom line.
