Press Release   ·   February 1, 2024

Public notice and request for comment on Medicaid waiver renewals and public notice about Fee-for-Service Selective Contracting 1915 (b) (4) Waiver

The Oregon Department of Human Services’ (ODHS) Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS) seeks public comment on the renewal applications for three current Medicaid model waivers:

• Medically Involved Children’s Waiver
• Medically Fragile (Hospital) Model Waiver
• Behavioral (ICF/IDD) Model Waiver

These are standard waiver renewals that happen every five years. The revisions will not affect the services individuals receive. The number of individuals served by each waiver will remain the same. The renewals include administrative updates to the waivers’ effective dates, service projections and methods used to complete quality assurance activities. The effective dates will be July 1, 2024.

You can read the drafts of the three renewal applications via the links above or those on the ODDS website. Print versions of this notice are posted in local Community Developmental Disabilities Programs and Support Services Brokerages.

If you are interested, we invite you to submit feedback and comments on these waiver renewals. Here are two ways to do this:

1. Send an email to odds.waivers@odhsoha.oregon.gov.
2. Send written comments addressed to ODDS Medicaid waiver/State Plan analyst, 500 Summer Street NE E-09, Salem, OR 97301.

Deadline: To considered, we must receive your feedback by March 1, 2024.

Please note: This public comment period is not related to the Children’s Extraordinary Needs Waiver. ODDS submitted that waiver’s application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last month.

Public notice about Fee-for-Service Selective Contracting 1915 (b) (4) Waiver

Through the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), ODHS is also submitting an amendment to ODDS’ Fee-for-Service Selective Contracting 1915 (b) (4) Waiver to CMS. This proposed amendment is administrative. It will add case management projections for the Children’s Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Waiver that we submitted last month to CMS. It does not affect the implementation or programming of the CEN Waiver. The effective date will be July 1, 2024. Learn more about the CEN Waiver and the implementation of Senate Bill 91 on our website.

This announcement letter is on our website. To request print versions of the wavier amendments, contact Joli Torres, Medicaid Waiver/State Plan Analyst, at 503-507- 2083 or odds.waivers@odhsoha.oregon.gov.

You can get this document in other languages, large print, braille or a format you prefer. Contact ODDS at 503-945-5811. We accept calls from all forms of relay service for people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, blind or have low vision. For more information about relay service providers visit https://www.oregonrelay.com or https://www.fcc.gov/general/internet-based-trs-providers.

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