In accordance with public notice requirements of 42 CFR 447.205 and Section 1902(a)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP) publishes this notice of proposed changes to the reimbursement methodology for Large Private Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID) and Community Residential Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (CRFs/DD).

The OMPP proposes to reimburse ICF/MR and CRF/DD providers at a reimbursement rate that is three percent (3%) higher than the Medicaid reimbursement rate for the services calculated using the methodology in effect on December 31, 2013. It is estimated that the fiscal impact of increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates by three percent (3%) over the rates calculated using the methodology in effect on December 31, 2013 is as follows:

                                                         FFY 2015                 FFY 2016

Increased Medicaid Payment           $0.9 million              $3.1 million

Federal Share                                   $0.6                         $2.1

State Share                                       $0.3                         $1.0

A copy of this notice is now on file at the Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W451, Indianapolis, Indiana and is open for public inspection. Also, a copy of this notice is now available and may be inspected by contacting the local county office of the division of family resources, except in Marion County, where public inspection may be made at the Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W374, Indianapolis, Indiana.

There will be no public hearing. Written comments may be directed to FSSA, Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning, Attention: Joy Heim, 402 West Washington Street, Room W374, MS07, Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083. Correspondence should be identified in the following manner: COMMENT RE: NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES TO METHODOLOGY FOR ICFs/IID AND CRFs/DD. Written comments will be made available for public inspection at the address herein of the OMPP.

John J. Wernert, MD

Secretary

Family and Social Services Administration