Medicaid Service Coordination (MSC)

What is MSC?

MSC is Medicaid State Plan service, which assists persons with developmental disabilities and mental retardation in gaining access to necessary services and supports appropriate to the needs of the individual. MSC promotes the concept of choice, individualized services and supports, consumer satisfaction through the use of person centered planning process in developing, implementing, and maintaining an Individualized Service Plan (ISP). 

MSC consolidated and replaced two earlier OMRDD services coordination programs, Comprehensive Medicaid Case Management (CMCM) and Home and Community Based (HCBS) Waiver Service Coordination.  MSC is designed to help persons with developmental disabilities strive for the highest quality of life.

MSC Eligibility:

In order to receive MSC a person  must meet the following:

1)                   The person must be enrolled in Medicaid;

2)                   The person must have a documented diagnosis of a developmental disability prior to age 22;

3)                   The person, or an individual authorized to give consent on behalf of the person, must choose  to receive MSC;

4)                   The person can not be enrolled in a any other comprehensive long-term care service which includes service coordination

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