Some monitoring activities have been in place for two to three years, others are in the implementation or development stages. The following is a description of the HCBS waivers and the Department's monitoring activities. This HCBS waiver serves medically needy individuals diagnosed with HIV or AIDS, who are eligible for hospital or nursing home level of care. Services in this waiver include homemaker, personal assistant, nursing and therapies not covered in the State Plan, home delivered meals, emergency home response and home modifications. The Department developed a monitoring protocol to assess the delivery of waiver services and the health, safety, and welfare of waiver participants.
Monitoring consists of record reviews and individual interviews of waiver participants.
A pilot review of this program was conducted in April, 2000. Review findings were shared with DHS-ORS for follow up and corrective action. The waiver served 6,254 individuals during Fiscal Year 2000. The services affected were day programs and therapies. Prior to this new waiver being implemented, all of these services were paid under habilitation, under one provider and an all inclusive rate.