Contact Info and Descriptions for all California
Medicaid 1915(c)
HCBS Waivers, 2007
The following is a list of all California 1915(c) Waivers by name - complete with a description, contact information and web link.
Waiver target group: MR/DD
State:
CA
Waiver name:
DD
Description:
This waiver allows persons with MR/DD who meet the ICF/MR level of care to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: transportation, adult residential care, day habilitation, and respite services.
Contact Information:
State waiver website:
Program Data:
Waiver target group: Aged/Disabled
State:
CA
Waiver name:
MSSP
Description:
This waiver allows persons aged 65+ who are medically fragile to remain living at home and in the community. Services offered under this waiver include: adult day care, housing assistance, chore and personal care assistance, respite, meal services, and transportation.
Contact Information:
State waiver website:
Program Data:
State:
CA
Waiver name:
Assisted Living
Description:
This waiver provides assisted living, care coordination and other specified benefits to eligible seniors and persons with disabilities who currently reside in Sacramento, San Joaquin and Los Angeles Counties and with a nursing facility level of care.
Contact Information:
916-552-9105
State waiver website:
Program Data:
Assisted Living 2007 participant data,
Assisted Living 2007 expenditure data
Waiver target group: Disabled/Physically Disabled
State:
CA
Waiver name:
Nursing Facility A/B
Description:
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.
Contact Information:
(916) 552-9105
State waiver website:
Program Data:
Nursing Facility A/B 2007 participant data,
Nursing Facility A/B 2007 expenditure data
State:
CA
Waiver name:
In Home Medical Care
Description:
This waiver allows physically disabled individuals who meet the acute level of care for a minimum of 90 days to remain living at home and in the community as an alternative to hospitalization. Persons in this waiver typically have a catastrophic illness or injury and are dependent on medical technology to replace or supplant major organ systems. Services offered by this waiver include: private duty nursing, certified home health aide services, minor home modifications, and therapies.
Contact Information:
In Home Medical Care contact information
State waiver website:
Program Data:
In Home Medical Care 2007 participant data,
In Home Medical Care 2007 expenditure data
State:
CA
Waiver name:
Nursing Facility Subacute
Description:
Ended 2006
Contact Information:
Nursing Facility Subacute contact information
State waiver website:
Nursing Facility Subacute website
Program Data:
State:
CA
Waiver name:
In Home Operations
Description:
In-Home Operations (IHO) is a section of the Department of Health Care Service (DHCS) that oversees the development and implementation of home- and community-based programs under Medi-Cal. Under a federal waiver program, IHO authorizes two Waivers for Home and Community-Based Services: In-Home Operations Waiver (IHO) and the Nursing Facility/Acute Hospital (NF/AH) Waiver.
Contact Information:
State waiver website:
Program Data:
In Home Operations 2007 participant data,
In Home Operations 2007 expenditure data
Waiver target group: HIV/AIDS
State:
CA
Waiver name:
AIDS
Description:
This waiver allows persons who are cognitively and functionally impaired with symptomatic HIV disease or AIDS to remain living at home and in the community as an alternative to institutional care. Services offered under this waiver include: medical case management, attendant care, homemaker services, and transportation.
Contact Information:
State waiver website:
Program Data:
This information is part of the Center for PAS report:
Ng, T. & Harrington, C. (August 2011). Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Data, 2007.
Source: All information presented in these tables were derived from public sources including state websites and the latest available CMS Form 372, an annual report which includes waiver participants and expenditures.
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