Feasibility of a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver for Persons with Serious Mental Illness Report to the Governor and General Assembly State of Connecticut

March 2006 Feasibility of a Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Waiver for Persons with Serious Mental Illness Report to the Governor & General Assembly State of Connecticut In order to calculate an estimate of Medicaid savings for each year of the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver, a 'phase-in' model was developed. The model assumes that 72 new people will be covered under the waiver per year at a rate of six people per month, or a total of 216 people during the three-year waiver period. The average monthly, per person, savings for the each of . . .