Reports - Findings and Lessons Learned from the TEFT Demonstration Program

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a series of reports that describe findings and lessons learned from the Testing Experience and Functional Tools (TEFT) Demonstration program. With the TEFT Demonstration, CMS provided state grantees an opportunity to conduct on-the-ground testing of a new set of tools intended to improve the availability and use of health information technology, quality measurement, and service planning in Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) programs. The following reports are now available athttps://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/ltss/teft-program/index.html

• Final Evaluation Report: Testing Experience and Functional Tools in Home and Community-Based Services
• Report: Home and Community- Based Services Systems’ Maps
• Report: Evaluation Tools for Personal Health Record Initiatives in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Programs
• Final Evaluation Report: Functional Assessment Standardized Items (FASI)