In an information letter to relocation contractors, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) explained changes that can be made to the relocation contract budget, effective immediately. For information about line items and transfers between line items, download the letter.
DADS informed Community Living Assistance and Support Service Program Providers, Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities Program Providers, and Home and Community Services Program Providers that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) allows certain Medicare Rx expenses paid by some consumers enrolled in 1915(c) Medicaid waiver programs to be considered as incurred medical expenses (IMEs). From the letter:
IMEs are expenses that consumers incur for necessary medical services for which Medicaid does not pay, (examples include prescription co-pays required by Medicare Rx) and for waiver consumers who have a Qualified Income Trust (QIT) to pay a Medicaid waiver co-payment for their waiver services and may request IMEs to reduce the amount of this co-payment.
Find information about QITs on this web page, and download the letter here.
DADS clarified procedures for conducting and billing for the required reassessment of a Community Based Alternatives or Consolidated Waiver Program consumer temporarily admitted to a nursing facility or hospital. To learn more about these procedures, download the letter here.