Section 1070. Payment for services

A. All residential support, day support, personal assistance (both agency directed and consumer directed), respite (both agency directed and consumer directed), skilled nursing, therapeutic consultation, crisis stabilization, prevocational, PERS, companion (both agency directed and consumer directed), consumer-directed services facilitation, and transition services provided in this waiver shall be reimbursed consistent with the agency's service limits and payment amounts as set out in the fee schedule.

B. Reimbursement rates for individual supported employment shall be the same as set by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services for the same procedures. Reimbursement rates for group supported employment shall be as set by DMAS.

C. All AT and EM covered procedure codes provided in the ID Waiver shall be reimbursed as a service limit of one. The maximum Medicaid funded expenditure per individual for all AT/EM covered procedure codes (combined total of AT/EM items and labor related to these items) shall be $5,000 each for AT and EM per calendar year. No additional mark-ups, such as in the durable medical equipment rules, shall be permitted.

D. Duplication of services.

1. DMAS shall not duplicate services that are required as a reasonable accommodation as a part of the ADA (42 USC §§ 12131 through 12165), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Virginians with Disabilities Act, or any other applicable statute.

2. Payment for services under the Plan for Supports shall not duplicate payments made to public agencies or private entities under other program authorities for this same purpose.

3. Payment for services under the Plan for Supports shall not be made for services that are duplicative of each other.

4. Payments for services shall only be provided as set out in the individuals' Plans for Supports.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 29, Issue 20, eff. July 4, 2013.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.