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Section 1115 Research & Demonstration Projects: States can apply for program flexibility to test new or existing approaches to financing and delivering Medicaid and CHIP. Section 1915(b) Managed Care Waivers: States can apply for waivers to provide services through managed care delivery systems or otherwise limit people's choice of providers.
Adoption of HCBS waivers by states was initially slow, but Congress has enacted a series of reforms since 1981 to make the use of HCBS waivers less prohibitive. The Supreme Court case, Olmstead v. L.C. (1999), found unnecessary institutionalization to be a violation of the civil right established by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ...
Medicaid waiver programs are available in all states to people with specific healthcare needs, allowing home and community care. Learn more here. What is a Medicaid waiver program?
Some states offer home and community based services (HCBS) waiver programs through Medicaid that pay family caregivers for providing in-home care. HCBS waivers intend to help seniors receive the ...
Florida operates the program under a federal waiver to its Medicaid state plan and it funds adult day care services for Medicaid beneficiaries who reside at home. Of the 20 providers reviewed by ...
All states except Alaska, and Wyoming have all, or a portion of, their Medicaid population enrolled in an MCO. [4] States can make managed care enrollment voluntary, or seek a waiver from CMS to require certain populations to enroll in an MCO. If states provide a choice of at least two plans, they can mandate enrollment in managed care.
The Florida Supported Living Waiver, also called the FSL Waiver or "Little" Waiver is another Florida Medicaid Waiver Program. This Waiver currently has a spending cap of $14,792.00. [5] There are eleven services on this waiver. Many people on the FSL Waiver are waiting to get on the HCBS Waiver.
A Katie Beckett waiver or TEFRA waiver is a Medicaid waiver concerning the income eligibility for home-based Medicaid services for children under the age of nineteen. Prior to the Katie Beckett waiver, if a child with significant medical needs received treatment at home, the child's income would be deemed to include the parents' entire ...