McKnight’s Senior Living April 12, 2024
An almost $1 billion shortfall in Indiana’s Medicaid program is fueling the implementation of a waitlist for the state’s home- and community-based services waiver program.
In January, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration noted an “unanticipated growth in spending” in the Aged and Disabled waiver program in a forecast report, which “threatened the sustainability of the entire Medicaid program.” At the time, the agency indicated that it was evaluating a potential waitlist, adding that it would maintain the current A&D waiver slots at 50,000 and expand to 55,000 slots in 2025. That expansion was not mentioned in an updated release.
Last week, the FSSA announced that it was implementing a waiting list after the A&D waiver program...
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