October 25, 2019 Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities schedules road show stop in Shreveport

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oct 25, 2019 - The Louisiana Department of Health’s Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities will be holding a meeting this coming Tuesday in Shreveport to provide updates on the Value-Based Payment model.

This meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. October 29 at the Shreveport Memorial Library’s Main Branch, 424 Texas St. All self-advocates, family members, support coordinator/provider agencies, human services district/authority staff and the general public served by the Northwest Louisiana Human Services District are welcome to attend. For special accommodations, please contact Jacquelyne Cobb at (225) 342-0095 or Jacquelyne.Cobb@la.gov.

Assistant Secretary Julie Foster Hagan and staff will provide updates on the pilot project for Value-Based Payments for Home and Community Based Waiver providers. The Value-Based Payments approach allows providers to receive supplemental payments if they reach certain quality-of-care benchmarks. This project is supported through a grant from CMS’s Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program.

The meeting in Shreveport is part of a larger series of meetings being held this month throughout the state by the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities.