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ASAN, Other Advocates Launch Modern Medicaid Alliance

| JuliaBascom

New Initiative Highlights Benefits, Stories, and Innovations of Program Washington, D.C. – Despite the enormous societal and economic benefits offered by the modern Medicaid program, a lack of dialogue about the true value of the program drives misperceptions relating to it and puts policymaker support for it increasingly at...

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Segregated Farmsteads in Arizona Aren’t “Community-Based”

| Sam Crane

Yesterday, ASAN wrote a letter to Arizona’s Medicaid agency urging it not to classify segregated “farmsteads” as community-based settings. Unlike traditional farms, autism-specific farmsteads are segregated, disability-specific settings where people work for less than minimum wage, and where people have few or no opportunities to work side by side...

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ASAN Releases New Resource On Medicaid Coverage for Autism Services

| Sam Crane

ASAN has released a new resource for its toolkit on health coverage for autism-related services. The resource, which is aimed at Medicaid plan administrators, will help plan administrators develop and expand coverage for autism services such as communication supports, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. ASAN released a resource on...

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ASAN Unveils Resource on Medicaid Coverage for Autism-Related Services

| Ianthe Dempsey

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is proud to announce the release of a new resource for autistic people and our families on Medicaid coverage for autism-related services. These services can include developmental approaches regarding social communication, sensory integration, emotional regulation, and adaptive skills. Until now, much advocacy for coverage...

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Action Alert: Send Comments Now on Community Services in California

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Dear friends, The federal government has announced a new rule that will make sure that Medicaid-funded home and community-based services are actually in the community. Home and community based services help people with disabilities get the supports and services they need to live, work, and stay in their own...

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ASAN Unveils Toolkit for Advocates on New Home and Community-Based Settings Rules

| JuliaBascom

ASAN has published a toolkit for advocates, families and administrators on how to ensure that people with disabilities receive Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Services in integrated settings that offer full access to the community. Home and community-based services are an important source of support for many people with disabilities who need...

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ASAN-Kentucky Comment on New HCBS Waiver Regulations

| SavannahLogsdonBreakstone

by Kristen Guin, ASAN-Kentucky I am writing on behalf of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network regarding the recent proposed new administrative regulations (907 KAR 12:010) for Kentucky’s Supports for Community Living 1915(c) Medicaid waiver. We are pleased to support the following segment on employment for individuals with disabilities. Section 4(9)(b)(4)(e):...

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95 Disability Rights Groups Call on CMS to Issue HCBS Regulations

| MegEvans

Regulations are needed to ensure that Home and Community Based Services are not delivered on the grounds of an institution, in a housing complex designed expressly around an individual’s diagnosis or disability, or in a setting that has the characteristics of an institution....

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ACTION ALERT: What Does Community Mean To You? Let Medicaid Know!

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Public Comments Needed on Home and Community Based Services. Proposed rules will ensure that Medicaid community living funds go toward keeping people in the community and not in institutions. Your comments will help make this happen....

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