Efforts continue to make it easier for Hoosiers in need of long-term care to get it at home. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s goal is to get the right care to the right individual at the right place at the right time, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dan Rusyniak.
“As we mentioned several weeks ago, we have a program that we’re piloting with several providers throughout the state for increasing the speed at which we determine somebody is eligible for home- and community-based services and getting them those services in their home faster,” Rusyniak said during state officials’ COVID-19 press conference last week.
He said the hope is to make the program permanent, even after the pandemic ends. “What we don’t want to be an impediment to individuals is the time it takes to get care in their home and, therefore, forcing them to not have decisions about where they receive their care,” Rusyniak added.
He says FSSA continues working with leaders throughout the state to reevaluate the way long-term services and supports are paid for and delivered. More than 3,000 of Indiana’s COVID-19 deaths have been residents of long-term care facilities.
