Funding System for Medicaid Waiver Services Will Change July, 2008
Waivers Covered Include DD, Autism, and Support Services
 

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is making a major change, beginning July 1, 2008, in how Medicaid waiver services are funded and offered to consumers.  The change applies to the Developmental Disabilities, Autism, and Support Services waivers.  The change does not apply to the Aged and Disabled or Traumatic Brain Injury waivers.

The change in how Medicaid wavier services are funded is called OASIS - Objective Assessment System for Individual Supports. 

If you or your loved one receives services funded by a Medicaid waiver, it is important for you to have information about this change.

The goal of OASIS is to create a uniform way to fund Medicaid waiver services.  Funding will be based on an individual assessment of each Medicaid waiver consumer called the Individual Client and Agency Planning (ICAP).  This assessment and other factors will be used to determine the budget that will fund services to Medicaid waiver consumers.

OASIS has been tested in one district of the Bureau of Developmental Disability Services (BDDS).  Beginning July 1, FSSA will begin phasing in OASIS to all Medicaid waiver consumers in Indiana, based on when their annual plan of services is scheduled to be reviewed.  The first people who will be required to use OASIS will be those whose anniversary date to renew their plan of services falls in July. 

How will OASIS impact Medicaid waiver consumers and their families?  It is possible that the assessment will determine that your budget for services should increase.  It is also possible that the assessment will determine that your budget for services should decrease.  It is important to know that you can appeal a decision that results from the OASIS process.

The Arc of Indiana is working with FSSA and other organizations as these changes are discussed and tested. 

Public forums on OASIS were recently held by FSSA throughout the state.  The April 3rd forum in Indianapolis was video taped, and can be viewed at: 
http://www.tvwebcity.tv/vids/clients/ArcOasis.html  The video runs approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. Thank you to Tracie Wells & Company for their
assistance in taping the forum, and making it available through TVWebCity.

To view the video of the Indianapolis OASIS public forum, go to:
http://www.tvwebcity.tv/vids/clients/ArcOasis.html

OASIS Questions and Talking Points - Developed by The Arc of Indiana and Family Voices