Today, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health, the District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) announced its intent to apply for an 1115 Medicaid Behavioral Health Transformation Demonstration from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The proposed demonstration combines new innovative treatment strategies with proven community-based services to promote better health outcomes for the nearly one third of Medicaid beneficiaries with a behavioral health diagnosis.

DC MEDICAL CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF)
441 4th Street, NW
10th Floor North, Main Street Conference Room #1028
Washington, DC 20001

In the event of a federal government shutdown, the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) and all DHS Economic Security Administration (ESA) Service Centers continue to operate on a normal schedule. There will be no disruption of public benefit payments to DC residents, including assistance provided through The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Medicaid.  If federal government funding is not restored within 30 days, the District will notify customers of any potential impacts to their benefit payments.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule effective March 17, 2014, that contains an outcome-oriented definition of home and community-based services (HCBS) settings. The purpose of the federal regulation, in part, is to ensure that people receive Medicaid HCBS in settings that are integrated in and support full access to the greater community.