4.28.26 Update – Preliminary contracts have been awarded to case management organizations (CMOs) approved to provide case management services to people on the Community Integration and Habilitation (CIH), Family Supports (FSW), Health & Wellness (H&W), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Medicaid Waivers. This does not affect the PathWays for Aging Waiver. The following are the approved…
We Need Your Help! Medicaid Waivers and Medicaid—the lifeline for millions with disabilities—face critical threats at the state and federal levels. We know that Medicaid does not meet the current needs of people with disabilities, and programs must be strengthened, not reduced. We need your help to inform policymakers about the importance of these programs!…
Kim Dodson, CEO The Arc of Indiana is a nonprofit organization that advocates on issues important to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. We represent the people currently utilizing Medicaid and Medicaid Waiver services, as well as those who are waiting for these services. The recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporting on…
The Arc of Indiana appreciates the Family and Social Services Administration’s (FSSA) January 30 announcement that the planned 10% Medicaid rate cut for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy will be reduced to 6%. Families and advocates had raised concerns that a 10% cut would significantly disrupt access to ABA services for their children. The 6%…
Under a new process established by the Bureau of Disabilities Services (BDS), individuals who want to transition from a Supervised Group Living (SGL) setting to the Community Integration and Habilitation (CIH) waiver must reside in an SGL setting for a minimum of 365 consecutive days before being eligible to apply for a CIH waiver. This requirement…
What Individuals, Families, and Guardians Need to Know Medicaid Waivers (also called Home and Community-Based Services) provide Medicaid health coverage, as well as supports and services that help people with disabilities live at home and participate in their communities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved several updates to Indiana’s Medicaid Waiver programs that take effect December 31, 2025. …
Indiana’s Bureau of Disability Services (BDS) has launched a review process of high-cost Medicaid Waiver service plans, and has also issued guidance on transportation. High-Cost Waiver Service Plans BDS has issued advisory memos for providers and families regarding review of high-cost Medicaid Waiver service plans. BDS’s memo states, “BDS is taking a proactive look at…
On July 2, an Indiana mother opened the letter she had dreaded. Medicaid had denied the waiver services her son depended on for nursing care. Her choices were unthinkable: quit her job to provide care full-time or risk her child’s health without the support they’d been promised. This is what “policy change” looks like—not in…