Technical Assistance for Self-Directed and Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

New Editions provides technical assistance to state agencies on HCBS mechanisms, program design, service delivery systems and self-direction services. Under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), New Editions specifically provides assistance to states seeking to develop or improve home and community based services under a variety of channels: Sections 1915(c) and 1115 waivers and Sections 1915(i), 1915(j) or 1915(k) State Plan Amendments. Technical assistance includes:
- Determining which HCBS authority is most appropriate
- Designing an integrated home and community-based services program such as
- Community supports for people with disabilities
- Supported employment
- Individual budgeting
- Person-centered systems
- Establishment of a fair and equitable level of need assessment
- Positive behavioral supports
- Development of structures to create community integration
- Integrating HCBS authorities and managed care
- Creating new and improved rate structures or managed care delivery systems
- Providing self-direction services and technical assistance such as:
- Permissible purchases
- Individual budget development strategies and fiscal management services
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