The Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment: Implications for National Health Care Reform

The Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment: Implications for National Health Care Reform

Working with Disability, Work and Insurance In Brief #10
Published: Dec 30, 2009
Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Mathematica Policy Research

Associated Project

Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE)

Time frame: 2007-2011

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Authors

Noelle Denny-Brown

Gilbert Gimm

Henry Ireys

Individuals with potentially disabling conditions have distinct health care needs, which if left unmet, can lead to the onset of a disability and enrollment in a federal disability benefit program. The Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE), administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and authorized under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, awards funds to states to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions for workers with potentially disabling conditions. This issue brief describes DMIE interventions in Hawaii, Kansas, Minnesota, and Texas, and discusses what they might tell us about designing policy initiatives for workers with potentially disabling conditions in the context of national health care reform.

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