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Division of Disability Aging and Rehabilitative Services
2025
- Waiting list implemented for Traumatic Brain Injury Medicaid Waiver (8/20/2025)
- Level of Care Assessment Representative (05/28/2025)
- FSSA Updates its Waiver Invitation Process (2/12/2025)
- Waiver Amendments and Public Comment - FS, CIH and Waiver Fee for Service Selective Contracting Program (1/23/2025)
2024
- CY2025 Allowable Room and Board Rates (12/9/24)
- Money Follows the Person Temporary Enrollment Pause (9/27/24)
- CMS approves FSSA’s Indiana’s PathWays for Aging Program and Home and Community-Based Services Waivers (6/4/2024)
- FSSA hosting informational sessions for Aged and Disabled Waiver members, families (4/24/2024)
2023
- Appendix K and end of public health emergency (5/11/2023)
- Liberty of Indiana to support Division of Aging with incident reporting (1/27/2023)
- Indiana direct support professional training: Core A and Core B, 2023 training dates (1/26/2023)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services site visit (1/23/2023)
2022
- BDDS | Direct support professionals open future learning platform (11/03/2022)
- Vaccine mandate clarification for intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual\developmental disabilities or supervised group living settings (5/06/2022)
- Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services leadership update (2/17/2022)
Bureau of Disabilities Services
2025
- Public comment opportunity for upcoming amendments (7/7/2025)
- Online HCBS Waitlist Dashboard (04/24/2025)
- 2025 Webinar Calendar for Providers and Case Managers Indiana Bureau of Disabilities Services (4/10/2025)
- BDS IT Update (1/31/2025)
2024
- Waiver Amendments and Public Comment (12/26/2024)
- Update to Provider Owned or Controlled Settings definition(11/22/2024)
- Upcoming Building Bridges events (9/04/2024)
- BDS Monthly Webinar for Providers , Care and Case Managers (7/02/2024)
- Updated Guidance Regarding Service Plan Elements Which Require Manual Review (6/06/2024)
- Mandatory Provider Training for BDS Providers and Optional for DA Waiver Providers – Incident Reports, Complaints, and Mortality Reviews (4/25/2024)
- BDS Restrictions Training Materials Available (04/10/2024)
- 2024 Train-the-Trainer Core A/B Medication Administration Training Dates (3/04/2024)
- BDS monthly webinar for providers and case managers (2/29/24)
- BDS Mandatory Provider Training - Restrictions (2/07/2024)
- BDS Monthly Webinar for Providers and Case Managers (2/01/2024)
- January 2024 BDS Monthly Webinar for Providers and Case Managers (1/8/2024)
- BDS New Provider Application Process Announcement (1/1/2024)
2023
- BDS Mandatory Provider Training – Dignity, Respect, and Control (12/05/2023)
- Home and community-based services rate increase amendments approval by CMS (10/19/2023)
- National Core Indicators Project and Survey Information (10/10/2023)
- BDS Mandatory Provider Training - Choice of Services and Settings (10/10/2023)
- Meeting requirement guidance for case managers and providers (9/20/2023)
- Quality on-site provider review (9/13/2023)
- Bureau of Disabilities Services Provider Mandatory Training Schedule (7/25/2023)
- Waiver Provider Survey (excluding Case Management) (6/08/2023)
- BDDS Mandatory Provider Training: Trauma-Informed Care (6/01/2023)
- Day habilitation and pre-vocational services extended requirements to use modifiers (05/16/2023)
- Day Habilitation and Pre-Vocational Services (5/01/2023)
- Building Bridges meetings (4/24/2023)
- Innovation Pilot Project Webinars (4/25/2023)
- BDDS Mandatory Training: Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation (4/03/2023)
- Teamwork recording and materials available (2/01/2023)
- Mandatory BDDS training: Supporting individuals with dual diagnosis (1/30/2023)
2022
- BDDS monthly webinar for providers and case managers (12/29/2022)
- Mandatory BDDS Provider Training: Teamwork (12/07/2022)
- BDDS Portal 2.0 will go-live on Nov. 21, 2022 – BDDS and Aging provider systems unavailable at certain times (11/14/22)
- Building Bridges – November and December meeting dates (11/15/2022)
- Home- and community-based services rate review webinar (10/31/2022)
- BDDS monthly webinar for providers and case managers (10/26/2022)
- Mandatory BDDS provider training: Access to personal resources (10/03/2022)
- Quality on-site provider review update (9/30/2022)
- Home-and community-based services rate review virtual kickoff meeting Oct. 3 (9/26/22)
- National core indicators project and survey information (9/06/2022)
- Waiver redesign update and feedback sessions (8/03/2022)
- BDDS monthly webinar for providers and case managers (7/19/2022)
- Provider emergency plan policy (7/18/2022)
- HCBS Final Rule Non-Residential Transition Plan Implementation follow up (6/21/2022)
- HCBS Innovation Pilot Projects application period now open (6/17/2022)
- Innovation Pilot Project guide (Updated 7/7/2022)
- Empowering individuals training materials available (6/13/2022)
- Mandatory BDDS HCBS provider training: Guardianship and decision making (6/7/2022)
- Appendix K and code waiver updates (5/17/2022)
- Unwinding of the Appendix K flexibilities and Code Waivers (5/17/2022)
- BDDS Monthly Webinar for Providers and Case Managers (5/13/2022)
- Interest form for Leadership Network on Employment Innovation opens May 2 (5/2/2022)
- Interest Form for Employment Transformation Collaborative opens April 25 (04/25/2022)
- Building Bridges April meetings (3/14/2022)
- Waiver amendment and 1915 (b)(4) application update (12/29/2021)
- Approved 1915 (b)(4) application
- CIH amendment (effective 1/01/2022)
- FS amendment (effective 1/01/2022)
2021
- Supervised group living temporary add-on for direct support professionals wage increase (11/18/2021)
- Direct support professionals rate increase – billing (11/17/2021)
- COVID-19 reporting requirements reminder (10/05/2021)
- Provider rate increase implementation plans guidance and webinar (8/11/2021)
- Direct support professionals rate increase – Billing (8/06/2021)
- Provider direct support professionals rate increases and the Family Supports waiver cap increase (7/26/2021)
- Corrected: Provider implementation requirements: 14% rate increase for direct support professionals rate wages (7/08/2021)
- Provider implementation requirements: 14% rate increase for direct support professionals rate wages (6/28/2021)
BDS Quality Assurance
- Subminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment Model Demonstration Project grant (9/27/2022)
- Decision making and guardianship recording and materials available (8/03/2022)
- Mandatory BQIS training: A focus on modifications under the Home-and Community-Based Services Settings Rule (08/02/2022)
- Mandatory provider training schedule (5/27/2022)
- Emergency plan feedback (5/10/2022)
- Provider reverification for accredited providers (4/14/2022)
- Behavior supports training recording available (4/13/2022)
- Mandatory training for providers: Empowering individuals (4/13/2022)
- BQIS mandatory training on behavior supports additional date added (3/11/2022)
- Bureau of Quality Improvement Services mandatory training on behavior supports (02/14/2022)
- Indiana direct support professional training: Core A and Core B, 2022 training dates (02/03/2022)
- Bureau of Quality Improvement Services training on honoring rights (12/17/2021)
- Provider reverification process for accredited providers (10/13/2021)
First Steps
- Upcoming changes to the First Steps program (5/26/2020)
- Public comment: Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
2021
- Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services leadership transition (4/30/21)
- Reminder: Community Connections for People with Disabilities Grant Round 02 (4/22/21)
2020
- We Are in This Together! Video message & COVID-19 Rapid Response Toolkit (11/25/2020)
- Community Connections for People with Disabilities webinar recording now available (10/29/2020)
- Community Connections for People with Disabilities application now available (10/23/2020)
- Community Connections for People with Disabilities grant webinar (10/20/2020)
- New training opportunity – Enhancing person centered outcomes through the LifeCourse Framework (8/07/2020)
- Extension for Stateline funding changes (8/06/2020)
- DDRS state funded services and program changes (7/13/2020)
- New Electronic Visit Verification Resource Available (6/08/2020)
- Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Task Force agenda (5/15/2020)
- DDRS Advisory Council May meeting canceled; Save the date for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Task Force (5/12/2020)
- DDRS Advisory Council April meeting canceled; Provider and case manager webinar scheduled (4/09/2020)
- FSSA launches Hoosiers Serving Hoosiers service to connect job seekers with ways to support Hoosiers needing direct support services and child care (3/30/2020)
- Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services offices to close to the public to protect the health and safety of clients and staff (3/20/2020)
- 2019 novel coronavirus (3/10/2020)
- Reminder – DDRS Advisory Council Meeting (1/13/2020)
- State of the State American Sign Language livestream (1/13/2020)
2019
- Incident Reporting – Data, requirements and best practices (10/29/2019)
- Priority category for military families added to Family Supports Waiver (09/24/2019)
- Reminder: HCBS non-residential transition plan content (7/22/2019)
- Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Redesign Project for BDDS (3/20/2019)
- Clarification of 40 hour rule for family caregivers (2/22/2019)
- Case Management Rate Study Final Report (1/14/2019)
2018