Health Services

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• Certificate of Need (CON)

  The Department of Social Services is responsible for the Certificate of Need (CON) process for nursing homes, residential care homes and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

• Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Medicaid Reimbursement

  The Department is revisiting reimbursement rates for Durable Medial Equipment (DME) to comply with federal regulations.

• ICF IID

  Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Medicaid

• Medicaid Methadone Clinic Reimbursement

  The Office of Reimbursement and Certificate of Need (CON) is responsible for establishing Medicaid reimbursement methodologies for chemical maintenance clinics (methadone).

• Reimbursement and Certificate of Need

  The primary functions of Reimbursement and Certificate of Need (CON) include establishment of payment rates for Connecticut's Mediciad medical and residential care services, cost report auditing, and performing certificate of need reviews for nursing facilities, residential care homes, and ICF/MR development projects. Cost based rates are issued on an annual basis by the unit for services including hospitals, nursing facilities, home health care, clinics, and community residences for the elderly and disabled; as well as state-operated psychiatric hospitals, ICF/MR and federal Medicaid waiver services.

• School Based Child Health (SBCH)

  Medicaid School Based Child Health reimbursement information for School Districts and Providers.

• CRF Grants

  Coronavirus Relief Fund Payments

• Connecticut Integrated Care for Kids

  The InCK Model will assist states and local communities in addressing priority health concerns for children.

• Information about the 2024 HUSKY A Parents and Caretaker Relatives Transition

• Medicaid Long-Term Care Demand Projections—New Analysis of Town-by-Town Data

  This update is intended to help enable policymakers, municipal officials, service providers, advocates and families to understand how changes in public demand, as well as strategies implemented by the state, will affect how LTSS will be provided and utilized.

• Online Hospital Notification of Newborn

  ***Hospital Use Only*** Please use this online form to submit the hospital notification of newborn information to DSS.

• Nursing Facility Rate Analysis information (2 documents) Data as of June 20, 2019; based on 9/30/18 Annual Reports

• Nursing Facility Cost Reports

  Connecticut Medicaid Rate Setting Reimbursement and CON Unit Nursing Home Cost Reports.

• Medicaid State Plan Amendments

  Current State Plan Amendments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

• Medicaid Waiver Applications

  The CT Department of Social Services is the single state agency for the Medicaid program and is responsible for the overall administration of the program, including all federal Medicaid Waivers. This section will provide the notice of the Department of Social Services’ intention to submit a federal Medicaid Waiver application to the Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicaid Waiver applications may include a submission for a new Medicaid waiver application, renewal or amendment.