DATE: Nov. 16, 2016
TO: HCBS Service Recipients and Providers
FROM: Minnesota Department of Human Services
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
PURPOSE: Alert interested stakeholders to a Dec. 16 public forum on the
progress of the Reform 2020 Section 1115 Waiver
CONTACT: Lori Lippert, Lori.Lippert@state.mn.us, 651.431.2395
DHS will hold its post-award
annual forum on the Reform 2020 Section 1115 Waiver on Dec. 16, 2016. Please
join if you’re interested in providing comments on the progress of the Reform
2020 waiver.
DATE:
Friday, Dec. 16, 2016
TIME:
9:00 a.m. to noon.
LOCATION: Hi-Way Federal Credit Union Admin Office
840 Westminster St.
St. Paul, MN 55103
To listen by
phone:
Dial: 888.742.5095
Code: 2103168236
NOTE: If you are listening by phone, do not put your phone on hold.
Doing so subjects everyone else to listen to music.
Agenda
DHS will incorporate the 2016 annual forum to discuss the
implementation of the waiver into the Dec. 16 Home and Community-Based Services Partners Panel
meeting. The forum will include a brief update on the status of the work,
followed by time for questions and comments from the public. We will
adjust the agenda to accommodate the interest from the public in this
topic.
Background
In October 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) approved Minnesota’s section 1115 demonstration project entitled Reform
2020. The five-year demonstration provides federal support for the Alternative
Care program. It provides supports to help seniors at risk of nursing home
placement to stay in their homes. The Reform 2020 demonstration waiver will
also provide access to expanded self-directed options under the Community First
Services and Supports (CFSS) program for people who would not otherwise be
eligible for these services.
Meeting
requirements
Under the terms of the Reform 2020 waiver, DHS must hold this
public forum within six months of the demonstration’s implementation, and
annually thereafter. This gives the public an opportunity to provide meaningful
comment on the progress of the demonstration.
More
information
For more Iinformation about the waiver, see is
available at Reform 2020 Waiver.
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