How Do I Enroll in Medicaid HCBS Waiver Disability Services?
Step 1: Become eligible through your local Case Management Agency:
- Case Management Agencies (or CMAs) provide case management services for those receiving disability services.
- All individuals receiving disability services should go through a CMA.
- CMAs are determined by region and county of residence:
- Be prepared to complete paperwork and intake assessments.
- This will involve the individual receiving services directly.
- The intake process will include:
- Support Intensity Scale (SIS) assessment
- Selection of waiver and services
- Request for Proposal (RFP) process
- Individual Plan (IP) meeting
- Service enrollment
- You will receive confirmation of enrollment typically within 1 to 3 months of beginning the intake process.
Step 2: Enroll in a HCBS Waiver:
Step 3: Choose a Program Approved Service Agency (PASA):
- Learn about available PASAs
- Start the request for proposal (RFP) process
- Individuals in services have the right to make an informed choice on their service providers through the RFP process.
- Individuals are able to send out a detailed request for the services they are looking for to meet their needs.
- PASAs will reply with their ability to meet the needs of the proposal.
- Individuals can then interview providers who responded to make an informed choice about who they would like to work with.
- Individuals can work with different agencies for different services. There is no requirement to choose only one agency.
Step 4: Start Services:
- We invite you to choose Sample Supports!
