Deficit Reduction Act Impact
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Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities created by the Deficit Reduction Act
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) made some of the most significant changes to Medicaid home- and community-based services since the creation of 1915(c) waivers in 1981. Shortly after the passage of the act, HCBS STRATEGIES was hired by the Administration on Aging to provide an analysis of how the act might impact the funding, regulation, and operations.
We have subsequently been working with a number of states, associations, and provider organizations to assist them in understanding the implications of the DRA. This work helps our clients to determine how they should consider altering strategic plans because of the DRA.
Benefits
- Learn how strategic plans should be altered due to DRA
- Learn how DRA impacts funding, regulation, and operations
Services
- Provide analysis of a current system’s impact of DRA
- Recommend specific changes in strategic plans
Resources
- Presentation An overview presentation of the Administration on Aging’s Fiscal Reduction Act Impact analysis Presented April, 2006
- Draft 1915(i) State Plan HCBS Rules Published April 4, 2008
- Draft 1915(j) Self-Directed Personal Assistance Services Published January 18, 2008
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