Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act: Testing New Dementia Management Model.
This Act establishes a new, voluntary demonstration model under Medicare to test comprehensive care management services for individuals with Alzheimer’s or related dementias. The goal is to improve patient health, care quality, and provide crucial support for unpaid family caregivers. Importantly, eligible patients will face zero cost-sharing for these specific care management services.
Key points
Zero Cost-Sharing: Eligible Medicare beneficiaries will not pay deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance for the comprehensive dementia care management services.
Caregiver Support: The model mandates continuous monitoring of caregiver well-being, providing training, support tools, and access to community-based nonmedical services like respite care.
Coordinated Services: Providers must offer 24/7 access to a care team, medication management, psychosocial interventions, and coordination with social and community resources.
Telehealth Flexibility: Allows the use of telehealth services without current geographic or originating site limitations.
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