News Report | July 29, 2018
Minnesota Cuts Medicaid Disability Support Waiver Rates By 7%
On July 1, 2018, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) cut reimbursement rates by 7% for some disability support services covered through the state’s four Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers. The rate cut was required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which had earlier determined that an 8.5% inflation increase to rates in July 2017 on top of a 7% rate increase in 2014 to the statewide Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS) resulted in rates that were not based on provider organization cost as required.
The rate reduction affects HCBS waiver . . .