Waiver programs that increased enrollment limits—allowing more families to receive benefits—made the biggest difference in higher-income households that would not otherwise have qualified for Medicaid services. "Characteristics of the waivers matter," Leslie said. He noted that although waivers can help...
MedicaidAutism1915(c)waiverPolicyBackground The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has increased dramatically, with one in every 68 children in the U.S. currently diagnosed with ASD. Medicaid is the primary public funder of health care services for individuals with ASD. One mechanism ...
Home- and Community-Based Services waiver applications that included children with autism spectrum disorder as a target population were collected from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website, state websites, and state administrators. A data extraction tool was used to document waiver ...
These disparities decreased by 2006, two years after a change from a Medicaid fee-for-service structure to a Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver.As more states consider carve-out benefits for children with autism, close attention needs to be paid to the potential for disparities ...
It’s worse for adults! If you are on a Medicaid waiver, you get 1 cleaning a year, IF you can find a dentist who will treat you. That's a big if. One of my daughters is prone to tartar, hard calculus that builds up at her gum line, no matter how diligently I keep up with...
another employment option is through Medicaid waiver provider companies. “Companies that serve families with a child on the waiver may offer music therapy as a service that is then paid for by Medicaid,” she says. “However, not every state includes music therapy on its list of waiver servic...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a range of waivers providing expanded care during COVID-19, including the provision of Telemedicine. These waivers were originally released on April 30th but are applied retroactively to March 1st. Under the waiver, visits are considered ...
It’s worse for adults! If you are on a Medicaid waiver, you get 1 cleaning a year, IF you can find a dentist who will treat you. That's a big if. One of my daughters is prone to tartar, hard calculus that builds up at her gum line, no matter how diligently I keep up with...
"An increasing number of adults will be relying on Medicaid, often through home and community-based services waiver programs, for key services, such as support for community integration and for maintaining employment, into the future," said Whitney Schott, Ph.D., an assistant researcher professor...
Gracefull Progress is a Supports Coordination agency for the Adult Autism Waiver. In the Medicaid-based waiver system, all individuals who are eligible for and wish to access services through the Adult Autism Waiver must select or be assigned to a Supports Coordination Agency. The Supports Coordina...