FSSA continues to issue news and update guidance to program partners and stakeholders regarding many of the programs it oversees as our state responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are links to current guidance:
- Vaccine eligibility for individuals with disabilities receiving home-and community-based waiver services (March 10, 2021)
- Announcing: Coronavirus relief funds available for providers (May 22, 2020)
- Changes to Indiana health coverage application processing during public health emergency (May 19, 2020)
- COVID-19 multi-language resource available from Luna (April 1, 2020)
- The COVID-19 Daily Digest – the latest scientifically sound information on COVID-19 curated by Indiana’s nationally-recognized thought leaders and researchers. (April 6, 2020)
Indiana Department of Health COVID-19 vaccine information
- COVID-19 vaccine resource page
- Indiana Department of Health letter to health professionals (December 1, 2020)
Family and Social Services Administration
Division of Aging
Division of Disabilities and Rehabilitative Services
Division of Mental Health and Addiction
- Indiana ASAM designated residential treatment facilities directory (April 28, 2020)
- Update on Psychological First Aid Training (March 26,2020)
- Modification to ASAM 3.5 (March 21, 2020)
- Additional Psychological First Aid trainings scheduled in response to COVID-19 epidemic and participation expanded (March 18,2020)
- Indiana to offer Psychological First Aid training in response to COVID-19 epidemic (March 16, 2020)
- State to allow opioid treatment programs the use of lockboxes; provide naloxone to help reduce spread of COVID-19 (March 16, 2020)
- COVID-19 (coronavirus) guidance for mental health care providers (March 12, 2020)
Office of Medicaid Policy & Planning
FSSA also continues to share daily updates from the Indiana State Department of Health with stakeholders and subscribers. The most up-to-date information from ISDH can be found here.
- Waiver of Medicaid provisions (March 3, 2022)
- IHCP to reimburse pharmacy providers for select COVID-19 tests (February 1, 2022)
- IHCP temporarily reinstates revisions to PA process for acute care hospital non-elective inpatient admissions (August 30, 2021)
- IHCP pharmacy benefit changes in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (August 3, 2021)
- IHCP clarifies effective dates for telehealth policy updates (June 17, 2021)
- IHCP announces policy update for telehealth services (June 8, 2021)
- AL COVID-19 provider relief application (May 10, 2021)
- EMS COVID-19 relief application (May 10, 2021)
- Update on Medicaid policy changes re: COVID-19 (updated July 28, 2020)
- IHCP temporarily revises prior authorization processes for acute care hospital inpatient admissions (April 1, 2020)
- IHCP temporarily removes prior authorization for certain durable medical equipment or home medical equipment supplies and services (April 1, 2020)
- Indiana submits Section 1135 waiver to federal government to support the delivery of health care during national emergency (March 20, 2020)
- IHCP issues telemedicine billing guidance for providers during COVID-19 outbreak (March 19, 2020)
- Indiana Medicaid allows telemedicine and telephone options for most health care and mental health interactions (March 19, 2020)
- IHCP to cover COVID–19 diagnostic testing without co-pays for members (March 11, 2020)