Hoosiers with disabilities or who want to age in place may have a harder time accessing services under an important Medicaid waiver. The Family and Social Services Administration will implement a waitlist for the Aged and Disabled waiver, as part of its effort to address the states Medicaid shortfall.

A state website lets you search for providers based on many options, including weekend care.

Lawmakers efforts to halt proposed cuts to a Medicaid program did not make it into legislation this session, despite outcry from families of medically complex children. Instead, they sent legislation to Gov. Eric Holcomb focusing on administrative requirements for the Family and Social Services Administration.

The House approved several amendments to a fiscal bill Thursday to address transparency concerns around the Family and Social Services Administration. The amendments expand reporting requirements for the agency, but some of them may not make it into the final bill.

A proposal by Indiana Medicaid officials would drastically cut payments that thousands of families of people with disabilities relied on. State officials say it's necessary to curb ballooning utilization and plug a huge budget gap. But some families worry the changes could lead to them losing their jobs or even their homes.

More than 1,600 children with disabilities would be impacted by the states proposal to change how their caregivers are compensated through Medicaid. The Family and Social Services Administration said the growth of the program is unsustainable.

Families of medically complex children say proposed Medicaid cuts would take away a vital caregiving resource. House Democrats say these families shouldn't pay the price for the Medicaid shortfall. They want Republican leaders to protect the attendant care program.

The Family and Social Services Administration proposed cuts to a program that supports care for children with disabilities in response to a $1 billion shortfall. Indiana's lieutenant governor and families of medically complex children are calling for the FSSA to pause the implementation of the cuts.

The lieutenant governor and several lawmakers have called for the Family and Social Services Administration to pause proposed cuts. The proposed cuts would affect caregivers providing attendant care as legally responsible individuals.

Around 50 people gathered at the Indiana Statehouse to protest proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid programs. The changes would end payments that thousands of families of adults and kids with disabilities relied on.