CMS Approval Of Alabama Medicaid HCBS Waiver For People With I/DD
On October 21, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published this approval of the Alabama Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waiver for people with intellectual/developmental disability (I/DD). Approval of this demonstration, concurrently with a new 1915(c) waiver, will enable the state to create a new HCBS program and expand coverage to beneficiaries who are currently on the waiting list for the Intellectual Disability (ID) and Living at Home (LAH) 1915(c) HCBS waivers . . .