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Deeming Waiver & Medicaid Specialist
SAGE is committed to helping our families in every way possible. Step one is scheduling therapy, which requires determining method of payment. Sometimes payment requires alternative options. For example, have you heard of the Katie Beckett Deeming Waiver?
What is the Katie Beckett Deeming Waiver? This program covers many of the services so desperately needed by the state’s children, such as therapies, medications, hospital visits, and doctor’s visits. It can save parents untold amounts of grief and money. However, applying for the Deeming Waiver can be a very difficult process and many parents are denied, despite very real need for the services.
Established in 1982 under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act/TEFRA (P.L. 97-248), the Katie Beckett Medicaid Program (KB), permits the state to ignore family income for certain children who are disabled. It provides benefits to certain children 18 years of age or less who qualify as disabled individuals under §1614 of the Social Security Act and who live at home rather than in an institution. These children must meet specific criteria to be covered.
Qualification is not based on medical diagnosis; instead it is based on the institutional level of care the child requires. Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations outlines the criteria used to determine eligibility.
At SAGE Speech & Learning Associates, we are devoted to helping parents obtain the services they need for their children. This means we can guide each family while they complete their Deeming Waiver paperwork. SAGE Speech is here to answer any therapy related questions regarding your application, and will provide any paperwork needed to accompany your forms. We believe that all children should be given an equal chance of reaching their full potential and living a happy and successful life. Locksmith Covington
Sage Speech & Learning Associates offer professional speech therapy, language therapy and feeding therapy in Atlanta, Brookhaven, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Buckhead and surrounding areas.
