FSSA guidance for various programs and stakeholders regarding COVID-19
FSSA continues to issue news and update guidance to program partners and stakeholders regarding many of the programs it oversees as our state responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are links to current guidance:
- Vaccine eligibility for individuals with disabilities receiving home-and community-based waiver services (March 10, 2021)
- Announcing: Coronavirus relief funds available for providers (May 22, 2020)
- Changes to Indiana health coverage application processing during public health emergency (May 19, 2020)
- COVID-19 multi-language resource available from Luna (April 1, 2020)
- The COVID-19 Daily Digest – the latest scientifically sound information on COVID-19 curated by Indiana’s nationally-recognized thought leaders and researchers. (April 6, 2020)
Indiana Department of Health COVID-19 vaccine information
- COVID-19 vaccine resource page
- Indiana Department of Health letter to health professionals (December 1, 2020)
Family and Social Services Administration
Division of Aging
Division of Disabilities and Rehabilitative Services
Division of Family Resources
- Issuance of state-wide emergency for SNAP (March 3, 2022)
- Pandemic EBT information (October 13, 2020)
- Online purchasing now available for SNAP recipients in Indiana (June 3, 2020)
- Many Hoosier families to receive Pandemic EBT (May 19, 2020)
- Information needed for health coverage applications at COVID-19 testing sites (May 4, 2020)
- Hearings and appeals frequently asked questions (May 1, 2020)
- DFR policy changes and actions (April 17, 2020)
- Indiana SNAP recipients will begin receiving maximum benefit amounts next week (April 3, 2020)
- Division of Family Resources offices to close to the public indefinitely to protect the health and safety of clients and staff (March 20, 2020)
Division of Mental Health and Addiction
- Indiana ASAM designated residential treatment facilities directory (April 28, 2020)
- Update on Psychological First Aid Training (March 26,2020)
- Modification to ASAM 3.5 (March 21, 2020)
- Additional Psychological First Aid trainings scheduled in response to COVID-19 epidemic and participation expanded (March 18,2020)
- Indiana to offer Psychological First Aid training in response to COVID-19 epidemic (March 16, 2020)
- State to allow opioid treatment programs the use of lockboxes; provide naloxone to help reduce spread of COVID-19 (March 16, 2020)
- COVID-19 (coronavirus) guidance for mental health care providers (March 12, 2020)
Office of Medicaid Policy & Planning
FSSA also continues to share daily updates from the Indiana State Department of Health with stakeholders and subscribers. The most up-to-date information from ISDH can be found here.
- Waiver of Medicaid provisions (March 3, 2022)
- IHCP to reimburse pharmacy providers for select COVID-19 tests (February 1, 2022)
- IHCP temporarily reinstates revisions to PA process for acute care hospital non-elective inpatient admissions (August 30, 2021)
- IHCP pharmacy benefit changes in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (August 3, 2021)
- IHCP clarifies effective dates for telehealth policy updates (June 17, 2021)
- IHCP announces policy update for telehealth services (June 8, 2021)
- AL COVID-19 provider relief application (May 10, 2021)
- EMS COVID-19 relief application (May 10, 2021)
- Update on Medicaid policy changes re: COVID-19 (updated July 28, 2020)
- IHCP temporarily revises prior authorization processes for acute care hospital inpatient admissions (April 1, 2020)
- IHCP temporarily removes prior authorization for certain durable medical equipment or home medical equipment supplies and services (April 1, 2020)
- Indiana submits Section 1135 waiver to federal government to support the delivery of health care during national emergency (March 20, 2020)
- IHCP issues telemedicine billing guidance for providers during COVID-19 outbreak (March 19, 2020)
- Indiana Medicaid allows telemedicine and telephone options for most health care and mental health interactions (March 19, 2020)
- IHCP to cover COVID–19 diagnostic testing without co-pays for members (March 11, 2020)