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No Wrong Door Implementation Grant

NWD Implementation Grant Update

  • No Wrong Door (NWD) is a federally funded grant opportunity administered by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  This project concluded for Colorado in 2019.
     
  • The project represented a statewide collaboration between the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF), the Department of Human Services (CDHS), and the Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).
     
  • The overarching goal of the project was to streamline access to Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) for all people in need regardless of age, disability or pay source

No Wrong Door Regional Pilot Sites

  • Colorado implemented a project that leveraged pilot sites to identify system barriers and best practices to streamline access to community-based resources.  Four pilot sites from different regions of the state were identified through a competitive application process.
     
  • Each pilot site provided a final report and presentation to the Department, outlining the successes and challenges faced within the respective projects.
     
  • The pilot sites who participated in the effort were:
    • Colorado Access (serving Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Douglas counties)
    • Larimer County Department of Human Services
    • San Juan Basin Area Agency on Aging (serving Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, and San Juan counties)
    • Senior Resource Development (serving Pueblo county)

Goals and Objectives

  • The federal NWD initiative identifies the following areas of focus:
    • Information, Referral and Awareness
    • Person-Centered Counseling
    • Streamlined Eligibility
    • Person-Centered Transition Support
    • Individual Populations, Partnerships and Stakeholder Involvement
    • Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement
       
  • The four pilot sites each developed unique and creative local solutions to streamline access to LTSS for all people in need regardless of age, disability or pay source.  Pilot sites were charged with creating a “one-stop-shop” among local resources.  Solutions focused on person-centered practices that would bridge the gap between resources; wherein a person directs their own care and determines how their story is to be shared.
     
  • Pilot sites were successful in identifying the importance and value of collaboration and communication.  Each site approached the barriers differently but presented unique solutions to information sharing and collaboration between community organizations.

Case Management Redesign

  • Through work with the pilot sites, the need for centralized communication and oversight emerged as a consistent barrier.
     
  • The Department's (HCPF) Office of Community Living is in the process of implementing a Person-Centered Assessment and Support Planning process.  The process will be supported by the new Care and Case Management system that streamlines access to LTSS using a singular assessment tool. 
     
  • The tool is designed to improve automation and communication between systems such that members are able to navigate the system and direct their care with greater ease.
     
  • Further Case Management Redesign (CMRD) will evaluate how oversight of these functions needs to evolve to improve the members’ experience.

NWD and the ADRCs

  • Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) were key partners in the NWD project. Through a collaborative effort that involved HCPF and CDHS, Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) was authorized for ADRCs statewide, bolstering the support provided to Medicaid-eligible members.
     
  • This process continues to be managed by the collaboration between HCPF and CDHS.

Stakeholder Engagement Activities

  • No Wrong Door (NWD) implementation included meetings of a NWD Planning Advisory Group in the spring of 2015, followed by five public regional forums on the No Wrong Door Implementation Plan, held around the state during October and November 2015. 
     

Contacts

Matt Bohanan
Matthew.Bohanan@state.co.us