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In 1981, Congress enacted legislation allowing Medicaid funding for LTSS through programs such as the Home-and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program that provides supports for people to live in their communities and that promotes increased opportunities for choice and control (42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§.) States have refocused ...
e. Home and Community-Based Services waivers (HCBS waivers) or Section 1915 (c) waivers, 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§ 1915 (c), are a type of Medicaid waiver. HCBS waivers expand the types of settings in which people can receive comprehensive long-term care under Medicaid. Prior to the creation of HCBS waivers, comprehensive long-term care ...
Florida Medicaid is "The Payer of Last Resort". The rate for support coordination was reduced in 2011. The highest rate paid over the 18 years of the waiver was $161.60 per month, for each person served. In mid 2016 the rate was changed from the lowered $125.71 per month to $148.69, for adults and for children living in group homes, and from ...
Mental health services covered by traditional Medicare. Traditional Medicare pays for both inpatient ( Part A, hospital coverage) and outpatient ( Part B, medical coverage) mental health treatment ...
Mental health reform in North Carolina. The state of North Carolina is undertaking a comprehensive policy shift on how the government budgets for and manages resources for mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse services. The 1915 (b) (c) Medicaid Waiver Program was chosen by the North Carolina Department of Health & Human ...
SOUTH BEND — The nonprofit agency REAL Services will lay off 65 of its staff who help to coordinate services for local clients of the state’s Aged & Disabled Waiver in five counties. CEO Karla ...
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The U.S. government announced on Wednesday it is admitting Israel into a program that will allow visa-free entry by Israeli citizens starting Nov. 30. Admission to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program ...