FSSA provides update on growing waitlist, transition to managed care

Leslie Huckleberry, the director of the Division of Aging within Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), reported that a total of 13,679 Hoosiers were on waitlists for Medicaid waiver services as of late August – or 9,248 Hoosiers waiting for aging services under PathWays and another 4,431 Hoosiers on the waiting list for the Health and Wellness waiver. Though the agency has committed to inviting 925 Hoosiers off the waitlists each month, Huckleberry says the number invited off each month has been higher due to adjustments in who needs services. A little over 3,000 people have been invited off of the waiting list so far. However, the waitlist continues to grow even as FSSA invites people to enroll in services.