Medicaid waiver

Medicaid Waiver programs help provide services to people who would otherwise be in an institution, nursing home, or hospital to receive long-term care in the community. Prior to 1991, the Federal Medicaid program paid for services only if a person lived in an institution. The approval of Federal Medicaid Waiver programs allowed states to provide services to consumers in their homes and in their communities.[1]

  1. ^ "Waivers". Medicaid.gov. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Retrieved January 10, 2014.