Lane Hagan holds daughter Libby
Medicaid waivers and how they serve children with special needs
“CMS (Center for Medicaid Services) has been very forward-thinking in some of their changes they’ve made to programs, and that’s great news. And giving us more opportunity to be creative and how we can best serve everybody.”
Alabama Medicaid Deputy Commissioner Ginger Wettingfeld joins guest anchor Lane Hagan – father of a child with special health care needs and founder of Libby’s Friends – to answer his questions about the purpose, eligibility criteria, and services available through Medicaid waivers.
Show links:
Medicaid as secondary insurance
Day program and community program
Public health emergency announcement
Resources mentioned in broadcast:
www.medicaid.alabama.gov/content/6.0_LTC_Waivers/default.aspx
Alabama Care is partially supported by the Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities (http://www.acdd.org/). The views expressed are not necessarily the views of these organizations.
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