{"id":3931,"date":"2014-11-05T10:14:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T15:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/?p=3931"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:44:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:44:47","slug":"massachusetts-dds-changing-medicaid-based-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/massachusetts-dds-changing-medicaid-based-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts: DDS changing Medicaid-based rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you live in Massachusetts near Wellesley, or Westfield, PLEASE consider attending this hearing! Maybe work it out so that your autistic adult family member\/loved one attends with you. DDS et al. need to have AUTISM IN THEIR FACE.<\/span> This may help them get it. Wear RED!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have considered creating or settling your autistic loved one on a farm, for example, you can forget about that if these rules go through.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BULLETIN From Cathy Boyle, of Autism Housing Pathways<\/a>:
\nThis Thursday 11\/5\/14, at 6 p.m. there will be a public hearing at MassBay Community College, 50 Oakland Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

Westfield State University campus, 577 Western Avenue, Westfield, on November 12, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

MassHealth will be hearing public comment on its draft transition plan on Medicaid’s new rule on home and community based settings. While this sounds complex and technical, the bottom line is that the final plan will determine where you can use Medicaid funds to pay for your adult family member’s services. Even if your child is not yet an adult, these changes are likely to be in effect for a generation. As of right now the draft plan means people with DDS funding will NOT be able to be used in:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

SELF-CONTAINED, QUIET SETTINGS REMOVED FROM THE COMMUNITY (* Settings that have limited, if any, interaction with the broader community);<\/span><\/strong>
\n * Settings that use or authorize restrictions that are used in institutional settings;<\/span><\/strong>
\n * FARMSTEADS<\/a> or disability-specific farm community;<\/span><\/strong>
\n * GATED or SECURED communities for people with disabilities;<\/span><\/strong>
\n * Settings that are part of or ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL;<\/span><\/strong>
\n * Multiple settings co-located and operationally-related that congregate a large number of people with disabilities for significant shared programming and staff;<\/span><\/strong>
\n * Multiple settings on a single site or in close proximity (see directly above)
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDDS may license or fund new homes in the community that are duplexes, \u201ctriple-deckers\u201d, or free standing homes that are either side by side or adjacent or on bordering lots only upon the review and approval of the regional director, the assistant commissioner for field operations and the assistant commissioner for quality management. The capacity in these settings may not exceed four (4) individuals on each side of a duplex, in each unit of a triple decker or in each free standing home located on adjacent lots.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Medicaid rule also applies to day services,<\/span> <\/strong>and may result in severely restricting the use of center-based day programming. Individuals who cannot participate in the community 30 hours a week, either in competitive employment or recreational activities, may find themselves at home much of the day. While the current draft transition plan refers only to residential services, we have been told testimony regarding day services is also appropriate at the hearing.<\/p>\n

If you are concerned by any of the above please come to the hearing. We ask that you wear red.<\/p>\n

To learn more, please go to www.visionsofcommunity.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you live in Massachusetts near Wellesley, or Westfield, PLEASE consider attending this hearing! Maybe work it out so that your autistic adult family member\/loved one attends with you. DDS et al. need to have AUTISM IN THEIR FACE. This may help them get it. Wear RED!!! If you have considered creating or settling your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pSTth-11p","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3931"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3937,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions\/3937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}