News Report | April 24, 2024
Indiana Plans To Implement Waitlist For Medicaid Aged & Disabled Waiver Slots
On April 3, 2024, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Division of Aging announced plans to implement a waiting list for its Medicaid Aged and Disabled (A&D) waiver that provides home- and community-based services (HCBS). In January 2024, in its Medicaid forecast strategy, FSSA had noted the possible need for a waiting list and other cost control measures due to a $900 million unanticipated increase in Medicaid expenditures through July 2025. The variance threatens the sustainability of the entire Medicaid program that currently supports more than two million beneficiaries. Since discovering the shortfall in . . .