Medicaid Fee For Service NJ

A new procedure is being addressed in which NJ Medicaid will limit the amount of time a parent can take a residentially placed adult child home for vacations and holidays. 

 

The rumor is 2 weeks per year.  Medicaid is now playing a major role in the CCW (Community Care Waiver) where there will be a "fee for service".  This works in most cases where parents do not take the disabled child home at all.  But, for those parents who are very interactive with their disabled adult child, it is too restrictive. 

 

The ones most seriously affected by this change are the most severely disabled population.  This change will devastate consumers who have severe medical and behavioral disabilities and will cause a hardship on their families. 

 

Many of these clients are placed very far from home and often can not tolerate a simple visit.  A visit is perceived as an opportunity to go home with the family and leaving without the disabled adult will cause tremendous emotional and behavioral problems. 

 

It is an inhumane concept and very cruel to those affected.  I hope NJ Medicaid takes this into consideration before implementing such a devastating change.