Department of Medical Assistance Services
Board of Medical Assistance Services
General Notice: Public Comment: HCBS FMAP FUNDING
CLOSED Opened on 6/11/2021 and Ended on 6/30/2021
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160 comments
| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| FMAP Funds | Cynthia Minto, Richmond Residential Services, Inc. | 6/14/21 9:06 am |
| Private Duty Nursing providers proposed use of ARPA funds for home and community based services | Jim Melancon, Aveanna Healthcare et. all | 6/14/21 3:53 pm |
| Medicaid Personal Care, Respite, Home Health, Private Duty Nursing | Virginia Association For Home Care and Hospice | 6/15/21 9:46 am |
| AG Communities | Anonymous (99114) | 6/15/21 1:09 pm |
| Help Medicare folks | Dorothy Nicholson | 6/15/21 1:10 pm |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care | Anna Smith | 6/15/21 1:16 pm |
| Pay increase for home health nurses | S Williams (agency patient/ ventilator dependent) | 6/15/21 1:35 pm |
| assisted living | Anonymous (99119) | 6/15/21 1:37 pm |
| Day Support | Anonymous (99120) | 6/15/21 1:39 pm |
| Caregivers | Parent | 6/15/21 1:41 pm |
| Budget Suggestions for Increased Funding | Rhonda Ruff | 6/15/21 1:43 pm |
| funding to cover Music Therapy as an in home service | Ann P | 6/15/21 1:43 pm |
| Community Response or Telehealth | Willard Vaughn, The Milieu Therapeutic Services | 6/15/21 1:47 pm |
| Provider web portal | Anonymous (99125) | 6/15/21 1:48 pm |
| Extension of Medicaid Reimbursement for Telephonic Outpatient Therapy and Medication Management | Julius Smith Hampton Newport News Community Services Board | 6/15/21 1:54 pm |
| medication management/monitoring for behavioral clients; ABA therapy funding for children | Aasta Pauley RN | 6/15/21 1:55 pm |
| Substance abuse and recovery | Kelly Kendrick | 6/15/21 1:55 pm |
| Expand Personal Care Services for Greater Recruitment and Quality of Life for Your Members | Anonymous (99129) | 6/15/21 1:58 pm |
| Increase eligibility for Medicare/Medicaid QMB Limited and SLMB categories | Dixie Wilson, Northwestern Community Services Board | 6/15/21 1:58 pm |
| Increased access to mental health providers | Joanne A Greene LCSW, | 6/15/21 2:15 pm |
| Increase Attendant Pay For Equity and More State Jobs and more | Sarah Blunkosky, MA, RYT | 6/15/21 2:24 pm |
| Lingering non life threatening effect | covid19 side effects linger | 6/15/21 2:30 pm |
| Pay | Anonymous (99134) | 6/15/21 3:04 pm |
| Team-Based Coordinated Specialty Care | Thomas Schuplin | 6/15/21 3:08 pm |
| Dementia Patients | Carole Lynch | 6/15/21 3:52 pm |
| Increase reimbursement rate for ADC/ Adequate regulation of patient pays | Adult day care | 6/15/21 3:56 pm |
| Additional Pay for DSPs & Direct Care Staff | Whitney King, MAT, PBS-F | 6/15/21 3:57 pm |
| Pharmacy /Prescriptions | Mattie Bowman | 6/15/21 4:05 pm |
| increased oversight for existing services; improving access | Teena Lovern, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH | 6/15/21 4:09 pm |
| FMAP | Gerry Rawlinson | 6/15/21 4:14 pm |
| Provide SNF benefit for Medicaid Members | Pam Oswald, RN BSN, CCM | 6/15/21 4:26 pm |
| Increase payment to Home Health Agencies | Pam Oswald, RN BSN CCM | 6/15/21 4:29 pm |
| Waiver and attendant care | Dante Bailey | 6/15/21 4:40 pm |
| Improvements to CCC+ waiver | Jacqueline Igoe | 6/15/21 5:07 pm |
| Specialized Modality | Anonymous (99146) | 6/15/21 5:34 pm |
| Dental health | Shelley States | 6/15/21 6:39 pm |
| Parents with children on DD waiver waitlist | Bena Family Care Facilitators | 6/15/21 7:17 pm |
| Support culturally tailored and adopted senior care service and management at community home and fac | Better health through sustainable and innovative way. | 6/15/21 7:29 pm |
| Lack of in network availability for psychiatry and clinical psychology with certain MCOs | CT | 6/15/21 9:59 pm |
| Medicaid members being forced to deal with LPCs, NPs, and PAs but no access to MDs, DOs, and PhDs | CT | 6/15/21 10:06 pm |
| Allow at least one parent to be a caretaker for a child with disability | Anonymous (99153) | 6/16/21 8:21 am |
| DD Waiver | Annie | 6/16/21 8:24 am |
| Please Clear DD Waiver Waiting List | Anonymous (99155) | 6/16/21 8:38 am |
| Dental Coverage | Anonymous (99156) | 6/16/21 9:14 am |
| Mobile Unit | Anonymous (99157) | 6/16/21 9:58 am |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Whitney Sparks, AmeriCare Plus | 6/16/21 10:10 am |
| 63% of Dentists refer patients to an Endo - Adults NEED Comprehensive Dental & Restorative Care | kristina | 6/16/21 12:08 pm |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Dana Howell AmeriCare Plus, LLC | 6/16/21 1:15 pm |
| Pilot payment options for peer recovery support services | Nicky Fadley, Strength In Peers | 6/16/21 1:23 pm |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Melissa Baugh, Americare Plus Agency Manager | 6/16/21 1:31 pm |
| Consumer Direct Attendants | Anonymous (99170) | 6/16/21 4:10 pm |
| One time funds | E.B. Webster, MD | 6/16/21 5:23 pm |
| MEDICAID / PERSONAL CARE | Theresa Packett from AmeriCare Plus, LLC. | 6/16/21 6:02 pm |
| Medicaid Agency Directed Personal Care | Catherine Birley, AmeriCare Plus, LLC In-Home Personal Care Agency | 6/16/21 6:16 pm |
| Live-in attendants | Guardian | 6/16/21 6:51 pm |
| Increase Hourly Pay Rate for Attendants | B. LoPresti, Parent of Medicaid Recipient | 6/16/21 8:02 pm |
| In Home Personal Care | Anonymous (99177) | 6/16/21 8:49 pm |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Cara Rich, AmeriCare Plus | 6/17/21 8:14 am |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Deborah Hardwick | 6/17/21 8:34 am |
| Community | Tikeshia Wilson | 6/17/21 8:50 am |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Brooke - AmeriCare Plus | 6/17/21 9:07 am |
| Reimbursement for Personal Care Providers | AmeriCare Plus | 6/17/21 9:56 am |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Erin Jones | 6/17/21 10:39 am |
| Training doctors to work with special needs persons | Regina | 6/17/21 10:40 am |
| Increase pay of personal care attendants | Sara AB, parent | 6/17/21 10:48 am |
| Investments In Technology | Chesterfield CSB | 6/17/21 10:52 am |
| Improvement in Quality of Care | Chesterfield CSB | 6/17/21 10:55 am |
| Reimbursement Increase for Personal Care | Haley Boggs | 6/17/21 10:56 am |
| Strategies to build workforce capacity, including recruitment and retention | Chesterfield CSB | 6/17/21 10:57 am |
| Increase medical, speech, ot, pt providers and include music therapy | Anonymous (99192) | 6/17/21 11:04 am |
| Minimum Wage | Christy Taylor | 6/17/21 12:48 pm |
| In Home Provider Visits | Belinda Ashby | 6/17/21 1:07 pm |
| Rate Increase | Personal Care Provider | 6/17/21 1:31 pm |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Jan Bradley | 6/17/21 1:33 pm |
| Personal Care Reimbursement Rate | Christa Klippen | 6/17/21 1:55 pm |
| FMAP for Medicaid HCBS | Tina Baker AmeriCare Plus-Alleghany | 6/17/21 2:17 pm |
| Improvements in access for Medicaid members | Sharon kelly | 6/17/21 2:53 pm |
| Medicaid Personal Care | Americare Plus | 6/17/21 3:01 pm |
| Statewide HCBS Data Management Software System | Barry Pollack, Therap Services | 6/17/21 4:22 pm |
| Increased Admin Time Due To DMAS outdated systems | Uche S Njoku | 6/17/21 5:15 pm |
| MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT | MEDICAID PROVIDER | 6/17/21 5:48 pm |
| Medicaid Funding for Evacuation Devices for Non-Ambulatory or Cognitively Disabled Individuals | Anonymous Parent | 6/18/21 9:42 am |
| Increase the CBC Medicaid Income Limit for Presumptive Eligibility | Jeremy L. Pryor, Carrell Blanton | 6/18/21 5:14 pm |
| DD Waiver/GH/Staff | Anonymous (99215) | 6/19/21 10:35 am |
| Attendant pay through Consumer Direct | Stephen Grammer | 6/20/21 6:19 pm |
| 10% Medicaid FMAP funds | Bill Hurt/ AmeriCare Plus | 6/21/21 10:05 am |
| Support for The Arc of VA's Comments | Lucy Beadnell, The Arc of Northern Virginia | 6/21/21 12:25 pm |
| Agency Reimbursement | Personal Care Agency | 6/21/21 12:26 pm |
| Agency Reimbursement | Personal Care Agency | 6/22/21 9:57 am |
| Increase reimbursement for Personal Care | Amy Jackson, In Home Care, Inc. | 6/22/21 11:23 am |
| The permanently disabled need full dental benefits to maintain their best health! | PATRICIA E. B. SMITH | 6/22/21 12:21 pm |
| Increase Reimbursement Rates For Agency Directed. | Debbie Yates, In Home Care | 6/22/21 4:23 pm |
| Increase reimbursement rate for AD personal care | Heather Vanover RN, In Home Care, Inc. | 6/22/21 4:29 pm |
| More In-Home Services for Youths | H. Vago | 6/22/21 8:04 pm |
| Increase Agency Directed Care Providers Reimbursement | Jonathan Bolton, Personal Touch Home Care Services | 6/23/21 8:27 am |
| PPL | Erica Knowlton | 6/23/21 11:01 am |
| Funding to Support and Expand School-Based Telehealth Services | Jennifer Gordon, Bay Rivers Telehealth Alliance | 6/23/21 11:28 am |
| Pay In-home and Group home Attendants the same rate | Ivy K. | 6/23/21 3:22 pm |
| Increase the attendant care payment rate for Medicaid waiver direct consumer attendant care program | Mark Williamson | 6/23/21 10:20 pm |
| Keep it Simple | Karen Smith | 6/24/21 10:28 am |
| Increase rates | Matthew Osborne | 6/24/21 11:51 am |
| Comments - HCBS FMAP Funding | Holly Rhodenhizer, enCircle | 6/24/21 5:14 pm |
| HCBS FMAP FUNDING | Darla Zecchin, Humana Inc | 6/25/21 2:17 pm |
| DD Waiver | Christine | 6/25/21 9:41 pm |
| Caregiver Alternatives | Carolyn Brodeur | 6/26/21 11:43 am |
| Increased FMAP HCBS Funding | Hartwood Foundation, Inc. | 6/28/21 9:03 am |
| Agency Direct Personal Care | Candice Plaugher | 6/28/21 12:56 pm |
| Increase Reimbursement for Agency Directed Care Providers and Personal Care Attendants | Tim Petry | 6/28/21 1:32 pm |
| Increase rates for attendants / direct support employees | Tim Alley | 6/28/21 9:33 pm |
| HCBS FMAP Funding | Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board | 6/29/21 8:36 am |
| Reimbursement Rates | Woodrow Swancutt | 6/29/21 8:44 am |
| HCBS ARPA Funding | Anonymous (99285) | 6/29/21 9:10 am |
| Funding Suggestions | Nicole Lewis | 6/29/21 9:36 am |
| Recommendations for Increase in FMAP for HCBS | Virginia Board for People with Disabilities | 6/29/21 10:05 am |
| Allocation of that Portion of FMAP Relative to the DD Waivers | Jennifer G Fidura | 6/29/21 11:45 am |
| Do something meaningful rather than just check a box | Teresa L Champion | 6/29/21 11:51 am |
| Allocation of the FMAP relative to the DD Waivers | Arthur Ginsberg, CRi | 6/29/21 12:51 pm |
| Support Family Caregivers | Jill's House | 6/29/21 12:58 pm |
| Address the workforce crisis | Susan Keenan, CLA | 6/29/21 1:33 pm |
| VACSB Proposals for Use of Enhanced FMAP under ARPA | Jennifer Faison, Virginia Association of Community Services Boards | 6/29/21 2:05 pm |
| Support Case Managemnet and Provide Capacity Building Incentives | Loudoun County CSB | 6/29/21 3:41 pm |
| Comprehensive Pharmacy Solutions for Medically Complex Patients | Sarah Fenwick for ExactCare Pharmacy | 6/29/21 3:44 pm |
| Help us recruit help. Sponsored Provider | Barbara Whary | 6/29/21 4:18 pm |
| HCBS funding under the ARPA Suggestions | Rachel Payne, Didlake | 6/29/21 4:39 pm |
| ARPA HCBS Funding Recommendations | Natalie Snider, AARP Virginia | 6/29/21 4:46 pm |
| More DSPs and better renumeration needed | Francesca Belmonte | 6/29/21 4:48 pm |
| Reimbursement rates for Personal Care Agencies | Heather Falls | 6/29/21 5:22 pm |
| Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Staff | Sharon Gress | 6/29/21 5:44 pm |
| HCBS FMAP | Tonya Milling, The Arc of Virginia | 6/29/21 6:32 pm |
| A salary raise urgenty needed for direct care workers | Elizabeth Belmonte,Community Living Alternatives | 6/29/21 7:11 pm |
| A salary increase for direct care workers | Lynne Paraggio - Community Living Alternatives | 6/29/21 7:41 pm |
| Funding disparity cripples VA ID care | Hal Noakes, parent | 6/29/21 8:50 pm |
| Public Comment on FMAP | J.T.N. | 6/29/21 10:25 pm |
| Pay Increase Needed For Consumer-Directed & In-Home Residential Attendants | Teresa Cornwell | 6/29/21 11:26 pm |
| Salary Increases for Direct Support Staff | Doreen Shifflett | 6/30/21 3:21 am |
| Stabilize and Rebuild Direct Care Workforce | Mark Landis | 6/30/21 8:09 am |
| Increased Technology Investment = More Independence & Less Need for Support | Our Voices self-advocates | 6/30/21 9:20 am |
| Adult Services | Quentin Woodhead | 6/30/21 10:00 am |
| Leveraging VirginiaNavigator Websites for HCBS Outreach | Adrienne Johnson, VirginiaNavigator | 6/30/21 10:04 am |
| More Financial Support Needed for Community based Services | Michael Kostrzewa Ph.D. | 6/30/21 10:16 am |
| Priorities for ARPA Funding for DD Waiver Services System | Karen Tefelski - vaACCSES | 6/30/21 10:54 am |
| Concur with comments from VACSB and VA ACCSES | Shirley Lyons | 6/30/21 11:31 am |
| Desperate need to Increase wages for DSP's in Virginia | Elizabeth Woodhead | 6/30/21 11:59 am |
| Please increase support for Community-Based Services | John L Laster | 6/30/21 12:29 pm |
| Clinical psychologists unwilling to do comprehensive neuropsych testing | CT | 6/30/21 2:20 pm |
| Flexibility and increase services | Virginia Association for Centers For Independent Living (VACIL) | 6/30/21 3:08 pm |
| HCBS | Valley Associates for Independent Living | 6/30/21 3:13 pm |
| Telehealth Services | Gayl Brunk | 6/30/21 3:19 pm |
| DD Wait List | VAIL | 6/30/21 3:21 pm |
| state agency IT infrastruture, family supports and technology | Anne McDonnell | 6/30/21 4:21 pm |
| Implementation of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Section 9817 | Bernice D Griffin | 6/30/21 4:27 pm |
| Rates | Vanessa Lane, Grafton IHN | 6/30/21 4:49 pm |
| increased reimbursement for long term care waiver providers | Michael Wampler, Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc. | 6/30/21 4:58 pm |
| Funding under ARPA to enhance HCBS | Joani Latimer, Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman | 6/30/21 6:20 pm |
| HCBS FMAP Increase | Emily Hardy, Virginia Poverty Law Center | 6/30/21 6:58 pm |
| Concur with vaACCSES, the VA CSB and VNPP comments | Lorri Murray | 6/30/21 8:02 pm |
| Increase Rates for DSP's | Robert Kreps | 6/30/21 10:10 pm |
| Increase Rates for Waiver Services | Kim Crater | 6/30/21 11:00 pm |
| Provider Rates & Relief | Charles J. McElroy, WorkSource | 6/30/21 11:19 pm |
| HCBS FMAP Funding | LWSC | 6/30/21 11:40 pm |
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