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Choosing programs, providers, payment, or a start

Confirm payment, authorization, and start

Separate fee-schedule authority, person-specific authorization, provider acceptance, staffing, and actual start.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

Current HCBS waiver fee schedule

Before you start

  • Exact service and code, current fee-schedule effective date, assessment, plan, authorization, provider response, staffing, schedule, backup coverage, and proposed start.

Who to contact

Start with the official BHDD-OIDD intake line or the assigned intake, autism eligibility, or case-management contact. Use the complete notice for reconsideration or appeal and the setting-specific protective-report route for abuse.

Request OIDD eligibility

Step by step

  1. Identify the exact service, code, payment authority, and effective period.
  2. Confirm the person-specific plan amount and authorization separately.
  3. Obtain provider acceptance, staffing or schedule, backup arrangements, and actual start separately.

Expected next

A reconciled record of payment authority, authorization, provider readiness, schedule, and start.

Save this proof

Fee source and date, plan, authorization, provider response, staffing, schedule, and start.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Ask the case manager which layer remains unresolved and request a written next event.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Confirm payment, authorization, and start checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner and program
  • Date started
  • Documents supplied
  • Written result or confirmation
  • Current open dependency
  • Next event and date
  • Escalation contact

Derived from Resolve a BHDD-OIDD complaint or service dispute, Current HCBS waiver fee schedule

Official resources

Limits

The fee schedule governs provider reimbursement. It is not an individual budget, service authorization, provider quote or commitment, staffing plan, or start date.

Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.

Checked sources

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