Some Hoosiers are still unsure of where their access to home- and community-based services through Medicaid stands as Indiana starts working through its waitlist.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration filed a motion to prevent a federal ruling from vacating the 2020 approval of the Healthy Indiana Plan or HIP.

The Family and Social Services Administration provided updates on waitlists for home- and community-based services Monday. It also addressed the concerns from the families of medically complex children about its decisions to change how those services can be delivered.

Medicaid members on the Healthy Indiana Plan will not have monthly payments for the foreseeable future. The Family and Social Services Administration made the announcement after a federal judge vacated the 2020 approval of an Indiana Medicaid program over a number of policies that act as barriers to coverage.

The Family and Social Services Administration is implementing a significant change July 1 to an important Medicaid program for medically complex children. Family caregivers said they’ve lost trust in the agency based on how it is handling this process.

Families of medically complex children say the state has thrown another “eleventh-hour curveball,” with less than two weeks before the state implements a major change to a Medicaid program.

Despite concerns about the implementation of a new Indiana Medicaid waiver program, state officials say the insurance companies in charge of the transition have met the readiness requirements. Medicaid members 60 years or older on the Aged and Disabled waiver will transition to a new service structure on July 1.

Hoosiers with disabilities or those who want to age in place will see significant changes to Medicaid services following the federal government's final approval to plans proposed by the state.

A federal program could help Indiana increase mental health and substance use disorder resources for Hoosiers. Indiana is one of 10 states added to a Medicaid demonstration program focused on expanding access to care.

In response to the $1 billion Medicaid shortfall, the state is cutting a family caregiving program for medically complex children. Now, caregivers for these children have to decide by June 15 whether they will transition to a new Medicaid program. The Family and Social Services Administration says the deadline gives it enough time to review and approve the plans.