PACE and CCSP in Georgia: what is the difference?
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PACE, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, is a model in which one organization provides and pays for all of a member's care, usually around a day center. CCSP is one delivery model of Georgia's EDWP waiver. Georgia has been procuring PACE operators; the program is not confirmed as operating here.
What this page will cover
- What PACE is as a care model, and what “all-inclusive” means when one organization both provides and pays for a member’s whole care package
- How PACE differs from CCSP on the things families actually notice: your doctor, the day center, who arranges what, and what happens in a crisis
- Eligibility, and why the two programs measure a person against a similar nursing-home level of care but reach it by different routes
- Where Georgia stands: the Department of Community Health procurement, what a request for proposals does and does not mean, and how to check the current status yourself
- What a Georgia family can use today while PACE is not confirmed as operating here
- How to tell a genuine PACE organization from a program using the word loosely
Questions people ask about this
Is PACE available in Georgia?
Georgia has been working through a procurement for PACE organizations, and the Department of Community Health has run a request for proposals. As things stand, PACE is not confirmed as operating in Georgia. Anyone told otherwise should ask for the name of the specific PACE organization and check it directly.
Is PACE the same as CCSP?
No. PACE is a separate model in which a single organization both provides and pays for all of a member's care, including their medical care, usually built around a day center. CCSP is one of the two ways Georgia delivers its EDWP waiver, and it coordinates home and community services while the member keeps their own doctor.
What should a Georgia family look at instead right now?
The Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program is the Georgia waiver that pays for care at home for people who need a nursing-home level of care. It is delivered as CCSP or as SOURCE, and the front door for both is the Area Agency on Aging.
Related questions
- EDWP explained EDWP is Georgia's Medicaid waiver that pays for help at home instead of a nursing home. How CCSP, SOURCE and the case management tiers fit together.
- CCSP vs SOURCE CCSP and SOURCE are the two ways Georgia delivers the same waiver. What differs is your doctor, the income rules, and whether medical care is built in.
- Staying home instead of a nursing home Often yes. If someone meets Georgia's nursing-home level of care, a Medicaid waiver can pay for that care at home instead. Here is how it works.