States make applications for Medicaid Waivers with the federal Medicaid agency, known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This enables states to waive the usual requirements that individuals must reside in an institution in order to receive Medicaid funding for services. In this way, Medicaid funds certain community-based alternatives to institutional care. Virginia has been offering Medicaid funded community based supports to individuals with intellectual disabilities through the MR Waiver since 1991. Read on about MR Waivers [PDF - 42KB].
Resources
» Visit the OMR Web site
» Available services under all waivers [PDF - 15KB]
» For parents of children with special needs [PDF - 24KB]
» Acronym List/Abbreviation Cheat Sheet [.xls - 21KB]
» Virginia Medicaid Waivers for Persons with Disabilities, Their Parents and Caregivers [PDF - 136KB]
» Medicaid Application [PDF - 145KB]
