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DHS Implementing New Elderly Waiver Rate Exceptions for High Needs Residents

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February 19, 2026

By Jeff Bostic

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The 2025 Legislature created a new rate exception program under Elderly Waiver (EW) to help hospitals discharge high need residents to assisted living and other EW settings. The new program allows for rates that would otherwise exceed the EW budget caps.

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