The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has received additional resources through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), to improve and enhance Wisconsin’s home and community-based services (HCBS) under Medicaid. This funding includes an increase of 5% for most HCBS rates or 4.13% when calculated for residential covered services (combined single rate of care and supervision/room and board – the rate increase does not apply to the room and board portion, as this is a non-covered service). A key focus of the plan is to support and strengthen the caregiving workforce. All rate increases are effective January 1, 2022.
Eligible Services for the ARPA Increase:
- Adult day care services
- Alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA)
- AODA day treatment
- Assistive technology/communication aid
- Community supported living (CSL)
- Consultative clinical and therapeutic services for caregivers
- Consumer-directed supports (self-directed supports) broker
- Consumer education and training
- Counseling and therapeutic
- Environmental accessibility assessments
- Financial management services
- Habilitation services (daily living skills training and day habilitation resources)
- Home-delivered meals
- Home health services
- Housing counseling
- Medication therapy management
- Mental health day treatment
- Mental health services
- Nursing (in home)
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- Occupational therapy (in home)
- Personal care
- Physical therapy (in home)
- Prevocational services
- Residential care
- Residential substance use disorder treatment
- Respiratory care
- Respite
- Self-directed personal care
- Skilled nursing services (RN/LPN)
- Speech and language pathology services (in home)
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Supported employment – individual employment support
- Supported employment – small group employment support
- Supportive home care (SHC)
- Training services for unpaid caregivers
- Transportation services (excluding common carrier/taxi provided nonemergency transportation and ambulance services)
- Vocational futures planning and support (VFPS)
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