North Dakota Medicaid Money Follows the Person Grant
“North Dakota Health and Human Services administers a Money Follows the Person Grant program to enable Medicaid members with disabilities to transition from institutions to community living.”
“North Dakota Health and Human Services administers a Money Follows the Person Grant program to enable Medicaid members with disabilities to transition from institutions to community living.”
“Money Follows the Person (MFP) helps people living in nursing homes, hospitals, or intermediate care facilities for those with intellectual and development disabilities successfully return to their communities.
MFP helps people find a place to live that meets their needs and wants and helps them find the services they need to keep living there.”
Tennessee’s full state plan for TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid Program.
“MEDICAID WORKS is a work incentive opportunity for individuals with disabilities who are employed or who want to work.”
“The Medicare Beneficiaries Savings Program assists low-income elderly or disabled individuals who are eligible for Medicare (available through the Social Security Administration) by paying for some or all of the associated costs of Medicare, specifically the Medicare Insurance Premiums and deductibles. The Medicare Beneficiaries Savings Program is also referred to as the Buy-In program…
The Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI) program provides payment of Medicare Part A premiums for eligible working individuals with disabilities who are entitled to enroll in Medicare Part A, but who have lost Medicare Part A coverage due to earnings. Individuals eligible for QDWI may not otherwise be eligible for Medicaid.”
“Each person enrolled in the waiver would participate in a Person-Centered Planning process leading to the development of an Individualized Recovery Plan. The plan, developed collaboratively with the participant and a DMHAS Community Support Clinician would include one or more of the following services:
Rehabilitative and Support Services:
Residential Based Services
Other Ancillary Services:
“Transition assistance and services provided for individuals living in an institution or nursing facility, choosing to move back to their own home or community with community based services. Services include home modifications, assistive devices, household set up such as security and utility deposits, help with daily activities such as bathing, eating, toileting and tranferring. This program is only for eligible people that want to move out of an institution back to the community.”
“Notice is hereby given that the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) will submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a revision to Indiana’s Statewide Transition Plan for compliance with the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) regulations of 42 CFR 441.301(c)(4)-(5) and Section 441.710(a)(1)-(2). Additional information on the Statewide Transition Plan for compliance with the federal regulations of 42 CFR 441.301(c)(4)-(5) and Section 441.710(a)(1)-(2) can also be found at http://www.in.gov/fssa/4917.htm.”
“Prevocational services” means services that provide career exploration, learning and work experiences, including volunteer opportunities, where the member can develop non-job-task-specific strengths and skills that lead to paid employment in individual community settings…
Prevocational services include career exploration activities to facilitate successful transition to individual employment in the community. Participation in prevocational services is not a prerequisite for individual or small group supported employment services.”
Home and Community Based Services
Home and community based services (HCBS) provide opportunities for Medicaid beneficiaries to receive services in their own home or community rather than institutions or other isolated settings. Eligible individuals must demonstrate the need for a Level of Care that would meet the state’s eligibility requirements for services in an institutional setting.
About Home and Community Based Services Coverage
Services available under the HCBS program will be approved based on individual needs and may include:
Other services may be approved when they assist in diverting and/or transitioning individuals from institutional settings into their homes and community.”