Health & Home Care

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• Med-Connect (Medicaid for Employees with Disabilities)

  Medicaid for Employees with Disabilities, also known as MED-Connect, provides medical assistance to employed individuals with disabilities. Enrollees can earn up to $75,000 per year and qualify for full Medicaid/HUSKY Health coverage.

• Certificate of Need (CON)

  The Department of Social Services is responsible for the Certificate of Need (CON) process for nursing homes, residential care homes and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

• ICF IID

  Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Medicaid

• Medicaid Methadone Clinic Reimbursement

  The Office of Reimbursement and Certificate of Need (CON) is responsible for establishing Medicaid reimbursement methodologies for chemical maintenance clinics (methadone).

• Reimbursement and Certificate of Need

  The primary functions of Reimbursement and Certificate of Need (CON) include establishment of payment rates for Connecticut's Mediciad medical and residential care services, cost report auditing, and performing certificate of need reviews for nursing facilities, residential care homes, and ICF/MR development projects. Cost based rates are issued on an annual basis by the unit for services including hospitals, nursing facilities, home health care, clinics, and community residences for the elderly and disabled; as well as state-operated psychiatric hospitals, ICF/MR and federal Medicaid waiver services.

• Money Follows the Person

• Community First Choice

  Are you or a loved one living in the community and need assistance to remain there? The Affordable Care Act created an optional State Plan service which will allow eligible individuals to access Personal Attendant Care (PCA) and other services and supports through self-direction.

• Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Medicaid Reimbursement

  Federally Qualified Health Centers provide health care for uninsured and underserved populations. Reimbursement and CON is responsible for review of FQHC cost reports, and establishment of Medicaid reimbursement.

• Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement Modernization Acuity Based Methodology

  The Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS) will be transitioning nursing facility reimbursement from a cost-based methodology to a prospective acuity-based or case mix, payment system. Visit this webpage for more information.

• Nursing Facility Cost Reports

  Connecticut Medicaid Rate Setting Reimbursement and CON Unit Nursing Home Cost Reports.

• School Based Child Health (SBCH)

  Medicaid School Based Child Health reimbursement information for School Districts and Providers.

• Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement

  Under the Connecticut Medicaid program, payment rates for nursing homes are set on a cost-based prospective basis in accordance with Section 17b-340 of the Connecticut General Statutes and Section 17-311-52 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

• Self Direction Personal Protection Equipment Request Form Submission (*Online)

  Please complete this form to request immediate and urgent PPE needs to support individuals and protect staff due to COVID19.

• ConnTrans

  Connecticut Organ Transplant Program help residents pay for medical and ancillary expenses associated with an organ transplant.

• HUSKY Health (Medicaid & Children’s Health Insurance Program)

  HUSKY Health is the State of Connecticut’s public health coverage program for eligible children, parents, relative caregivers, elders, individuals with disabilities, adults without children, and pregnant women. Eligibility criteria vary. HUSKY Health encompasses: HUSKY A (Medicaid for children/parents/relative caregivers/pregnant women); HUSKY B (non-Medicaid Children’s Health Insurance Program); HUSKY C (Medicaid for the Aged/Blind/Disabled, also known as Title 19 and including Long-Term Care services); and HUSKY D (Medicaid for Low-Income Adults).