OASIS = Information

Funding=20 System for Medicaid Waiver Services Will = Change July,=20 2008
Waivers=20 Covered Include DD, Autism, and Support Services

The Indiana Family and = Social Services=20 Administration (FSSA) is making a major change, beginning July 1, 2008, = in how=20 Medicaid waiver services are funded and offered to consumers. The = change=20 applies to the Developmental Disabilities, Autism, and Support Services=20 waivers. The change does not apply to the Aged and Disabled or = Traumatic=20 Brain Injury waivers.

The change in how Medicaid wavier services = are=20 funded is called OASIS - Objective Assessment System for Individual=20 Supports.

If you or=20 your loved one receives services funded by a Medicaid waiver, it is = important=20 for you to have information about this change.

The goal of=20 OASIS is to create a uniform way to fund Medicaid waiver services. = Funding=20 will be based on an individual assessment of each Medicaid waiver = consumer=20 called the Individual Client and Agency Planning (ICAP). This = assessment=20 and other factors will be used to determine the budget that will fund = services=20 to Medicaid waiver consumers.

OASIS has=20 been tested in one district of the Bureau of Developmental Disability = Services=20 (BDDS). Beginning July 1, FSSA will begin phasing in OASIS to all = Medicaid=20 waiver consumers in Indiana, based on when their annual plan of services = is=20 scheduled to be reviewed. The first people who will be required to = use=20 OASIS will be those whose anniversary date to renew their plan of = services falls=20 in July.

How will=20 OASIS impact Medicaid waiver consumers and their families? It is = possible=20 that the assessment will determine that your budget for services should=20 increase. It is also possible that the assessment will determine = that your=20 budget for services should decrease. It is important to = know that=20 you can appeal a decision that results from the OASIS process. =

The Arc of=20 Indiana is working with FSSA and other organizations as these changes = are=20 discussed and tested.

Public forums = on OASIS were=20 recently held by FSSA throughout the state. The April 3rd forum in = Indianapolis was video taped, and can be viewed at:
http://www.tv= webcity.tv/vids/clients/ArcOasis.html =20 The video runs approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. Thank you to Tracie = Wells=20 & Company for their
assistance in taping the forum, and making = it=20 available through TVWebCity.

To view=20 the video of the Indianapolis OASIS public forum, go to:
http://www.tvwebcity.tv/vids/clients/ArcOasis.html

OASIS=20 Questions and Talking Points - Developed by The Arc of Indiana and = Family=20 Voices

OASIS-ICAP=20 Help Lines: (317) 234-5222 = or=20 1-888-527-0008
Email:=20 =20 OASIS-ICAPhelp@fssa.in.gov=
State=20 OASIS Website: http://davisdeshaies.com/pa= ge10.html