DHS: Waiver Payment Update: ADS, DWRS, AL

Original recording date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Speakers: Rachel Shands, Aging and Adult Services Manager, Aging and Adult Services Division, and Colin Stemper, Fiscal Policy Supervisor, Disability Services Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services, St. Paul

Hear about the update of Elderly Waiver rates, how that will be implemented and the impact on Customized Living (CL) and Adult Day Services (ADS) providers.

Review the Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS) rate update, waiver reimagine and other issues impacting CL and ADS providers.

Focus on changes to CL for disability waiver clients--limitation on hours of service, moratorium on new small providers--and the impact on providers and recipients.

MN-BELTSS has approved this program for one clock hour