Keeping and Seeking Opportunities for AT in Today’s
Medicaid Programs

Topics Covered

CMS- Approved Waivers

3 Most Common Waivers

Requirements for HCB Waivers

HCB Waiver Services

Getting invited to the “table”

Staying at the “table”

Deficit Reduction Act

Cost Sharing Provisions

Advocacy Implications

HCBS provisions

Advocacy Strategies

Bibliography:

J. Perkins, The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005:  Implications for Advocacy (April, 2006)  This is available at www.healthlaw.org

Neighborhood Legal Services, Resources for 2006 Annual
Conference of AT Act Programs (June, 2006)