CMS approves waiver amendment for H&W and TBI Waivers

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved waiver amendment for the Health & Wellness (H&W) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Waivers.  The amendment includes:

  • adding self-directed service options for attendant care, respite, and home and community assistance
  • the addition of benefits counseling as an available service
  • the addition of extended employment services to the H&W Waiver
  • changes to attendant care under the H&W Waiver
  • combining the two separate services of home modification and home modification assessment into one service
  • and more.
To view more details about these updates, visit: https://www.in.gov/medicaid/providers/files/bulletins/BT202614.pdf 

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