Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care

05/22/2025

Please see below from FSSA. Please take this opportunity to provide feedback on this important definition by June 15.

Extraordinary Care for Service Provision of Attendant Care by Legally Responsible Individuals

FSSA is offering an opportunity for feedback on extraordinary care as defined in the provision of attendant care for individuals on the Health & Wellness, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Pathways for Aging waivers as well as for individuals utilizing Participant Assistance and Care on the Family Supports waiver. In order for personal care services to be an allowable option in waiver services, the state must define what types of supports are considered beyond what a parent or spouse would be ordinarily obligated to provide.

The proposed definition is as follows:

"Extraordinary care" means care provided by the parent of a minor child or a spouse that the individual is unable to perform independently to meet his or her intensive nursing care needs under the supervision of an interdisciplinary team. Intensive nursing care needs includes continuous ventilator care, tracheostomy care, Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), or other comparable nursing services approved by the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA). The care must exceed the range of activities that a legally responsible individual would ordinarily perform in the household on behalf of a person of the same age without a disability or chronic illness.

The current definition of extraordinary care in the provision of Structured Family Caregiving on Health & Wellness, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Pathways for Aging waivers will remain unchanged and will not be impacted by the above proposed definition.

As a reminder, when a state provides for the payment to a legally responsible individual for extraordinary care, the service must meet all the waiver criteria required when delivered by a customary provider. Additionally, a state must satisfy some additional policies and oversight activities which include ensuring that the provision of service by the legally responsible individual is in the best interest of the waiver participant and may include safeguards such as limiting the amount of services that a legally responsible individual may provide.

Please send your feedback to BDS.Help@fssa.in.gov or Medicaid@fssa.IN.gov by June 15, 2025, to be considered for inclusion in the upcoming waiver amendment

11/10/2023

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11/29/2022

Honor the millions of nurses, home care aides, therapists and social workers who make a difference for the patients and families they serve in three simple ways this holiday season. You can also support the Indiana Home And Hospice Care Foundation today on Giving Tuesday. Visit https://web.iahhc.org/donate to donate now! You can also visit smile.amazon.com and choose the Indiana Home And Hospice Care Foundation as your charity of choice. Once your account has been linked, Amazon will make a donation on all eligible purchases. Lastly, go to www.kroger.com/communityrewards and create an account or sign-in. Under Community Rewards enter our Non-Profit Organization (NPO) number #14417. Shop and checkout with your Kroger Plus Card. The best part is, Amazon Smile and Kroger Community Rewards are both free to join and you’ll be making a difference while you shop!

03/03/2022

The 2022 IAHHC Annual Conference Registration is now open! After two years, we are officially back in person on May 10-11, 2022.

For more information, visit our conference webpage at: https://www.iahhc.org/2022-annual-conference.html

12/02/2021

11/29/2021

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday! Honor the millions of nurses, home care aides, therapists and social workers who make a difference for the patients and families they serve this November, during National Home & Hospice Month. You can support the Indiana Home And Hospice Care Foundation on Giving Tuesday.

Visit https://web.iahhc.org/donate to donate today!

You can also visit smile.amazon.com and choose the Indiana Home And Hospice Care Foundation as your charity of choice. Once your account has been linked, Amazon will make a donation on all eligible purchases. Go to www.kroger.com/communityrewards and create an account or sign-in. Under Community Rewards enter our Non-Profit Organization (NPO) number #14417. Shop and checkout with your Kroger Plus Card. The best part is, Amazon Smile and Kroger Community Rewards are both free to join and you’ll be making a difference while you shop!

When picking up your groceries at Fresh Thyme, purchase the Giving Bag at checkout and use the “Giving Tag” to direct the donation to IAHHC!

Lastly, join Sam’s Club by Friday, December 3, 2021 and 25% of your membership cost will be donated back. https://www.groupraise.com/offer-campaigns/572?utm_source=samspromo&utm_medium=social

We appreciate all of your support!

11/24/2021

From all of us here at IAHHC, we’d like to wish you and yours a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! We’re thankful for and that allows families to stay together, in the comfort of their own homes, for as long as possible.