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Developing Individual Budgets and Reimbursement Levels Using the Supports Intensity Scale

04/30/2009 | Requests *

Summary

This report describes recent progress in moving state developmental disability systems using HCBS 1915 (c) waivers toward greater efficiency and equity, in the context of pressing issues in the field. It is important to note that these initiatives could be equally well applied to other Medicaid waiver populations.

Author

Kimmich, DSW, Madeleine; Agosta, PhD, John; Fortune, EdD, Jon; Smith, BA, Drew; Melda, MS, Kerri; Auerbach, PhD, Karen; Taub, MMHS, Sarah

Available Files

Report PDF (992K, 82 pages)
Report Word (1,614K, 82 pages)

Keywords

Individualized Budget; Independent Living; Advocacy; 1915c; Supports Intensity Scale; SIS; Resource Allocation System; Budget Allocations; Waiver Reimbursement Levels

Topic

Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Financing HCBS, Long-Term Care

Type/Tool

Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Training materials

Source

HSRI, ILRU

State

All States/Territories

Date Created

04/30/2009

Contact

Sharon Finney

sfinney@bcm.tmc.edu

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/2600

Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.

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