Home and Community-Based Waiver Service (HCBS)
Imagine's Home and Community-Based Waiver Service provides case management and habilitation services to individuals with physical disabilities who have access to a HCBS waiver.
What is HCBS?
HCBS Waivers allow states that participate in Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California, to develop creative alternatives for individuals who would otherwise require care in a nursing facility or hospital. Medi-Cal has an agreement with the Federal Government, which allows for waiver services to be offered in either a home or community setting. The services offered under the waiver must cost no more than the alternative institutional level of care. Recipients of HCBS Waivers must have full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility.
The services available under these HCBS Waivers include case management, community transition services, private duty nursing, family training, home health aides, life-sustaining utility reimbursement, habilitation services, and respite care.
How do I request services?
The beneficiary or their representative must contact IHO and request a HCBS Waiver application. Based upon the information on the Waiver application, the Nurse Evaluator II will determine if the individual meets the criteria for the HCBS waiver and schedule a home visit to discuss the waiver and waiver services that are available. Each HCBS waiver can only serve a limited number of individuals. Once that limit is reached, the names of individuals requesting waiver services will be placed on a waiting list based upon the date IHO received their completed HCBS Waiver application.
For more information about IHO:
Sacramento: (916) 552-9105
Los Angeles: (213) 897-6774
Email: IHOwaivers@dhs.ca.gov
For more information about Imagine's HCBS:
Contact: Tracey Marquart, Special Projects Coordinator
Phone: (831) 419-9277
Email: tracey@imaginesls.org
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