What is the DD Waiver NM?
The Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD Waiver) is designed to provide services and supports that assist eligible children and adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) to participate as active members of their communities. The program serves as an alternative to institutional care.
What is the Mi Via waiver?
What is the Mi Via Self-Directed Waiver? It is a state Medicaid Waiver program that helps people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities self-direct their own waiver services. It allows greater flexibility to use non-traditional supports to meet needs that are directly related to their disability.
How do I apply for a Medicaid waiver?
Applying for Waivers To begin the application process for a Medicaid HCBS waiver program, contact your state Medicaid office. You can visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to find the contact information for your state. You’ll then be given information on how to submit an official application.
What is DD eligibility?
DD eligibility requires a student to be 1.5 standard deviations or more below the mean in 2 or more developmental areas or domains and also experience an adverse impact on developmental progress (for Early Childhood Special Education) or educational performance (for School Age Special Education).
How does medical waiver work?
Medi-Cal waivers are programs that provide additional services to specific groups of individuals, limit services to specific geographic areas of the state, and provide medical coverage to individuals who may not otherwise be eligible under traditional Medicaid rules.
Who is eligible for self-directed support?
Anyone who receives support services from the local council, community support services, housing support services or children’s services may be entitled to self-directed support. This includes people with mental-health problems.
What resources do individuals with disabilities have in NM to support them?
Special Education.
What is a Medicaid waiver payment?
Qualified Medicaid waiver payments are defined a payments made by a state or political subdivision thereof, or an entity that is a certified Medicaid provider, under a Medicaid waiver program to an individual care provider for nonmedical support services provided under a plan of care to an eligible individual (whether …