CMS Approval Of Indiana HIP Medicaid Waiver IMD Monitoring Protocol

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Indiana's monitoring protocols for coverage of inpatient services provided in facilities with more than 16 beds to adult beneficiaries with serious mental illness or addiction disorder. Such facilities are considered Institutions of Mental Disease (IMDs), and normally IMD services are not eligible for federal Medicaid matching funds. The waiver pertains to the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) for the Medicaid expansion population of adults ages 19 to 64 earning 133% or less of the federal poverty level. CMS approved the state's monitoring protocols on July 22, 2021. The approval also . . .