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Sponsors push waiver case management rate increase, providers cite workforce crisis
Summary
Senate File 2796 seeks to raise reimbursement rates for waiver case management to reflect cost increases since 2015 and to commission a rate study; providers testified turnover and low pay are driving people with disabilities into crisis situations.
Senate File 2796, a bill to raise reimbursement rates for waiver case management services and to commission a rate study, was presented to the Human Services Committee and laid over for potential inclusion in an omnibus package.
Sponsor Senator Fata said rates have not increased since 2015 and the gap has created a workforce crisis. Case managers work in a…
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