BDDS temporary policy changes related to COVID-19 and Appendix K
The Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning is preparing to submit Indiana’s Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response waiver amendments to the following Indiana Medicaid Home and Community Based Services waivers: the Family Supports Waiver and the Community Integration and Habilitation Waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval. If approved, these temporary Appendix K waiver amendments will have a March 1, 2020 effective date.
The Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services submitted the FSW and CIH Appendix K waiver amendments in response to the emergence and spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the serious health risk it poses to Indiana’s intellectual and developmental disabilities population. Governor Eric Holcomb declared a statewide public health emergency on March 6, 2020, related to the spread of COVID-19 in Indiana.
In advance of CMS’ final approval, BDDS is implementing the following guidance and temporary changes, linked below, to help mitigate the disruption this statewide public health emergency is anticipated to have on standard modes and methods for service delivery to BDDS participants. These temporary changes are effective retroactively to dates of service on or after March 1, 2020. These temporary changes will remain in effect through the current public health emergency, including a small period after to allow the system to transition to pre-COVID-19 operations.
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