Starting Jan. 1, 2025, EmblemHealth will cover Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) for eligible CHPlus members. HCBS support and provide services to children in non-institutionalized settings that enable them to remain at home and in the community. HCBS also provide services for children being discharged from an institutional setting who require these services to safely return to their home and community.
Children’s HCBS include the following services:
- Adaptive and assistive technology.
- Caregiver family supports and services.
- Community self-advocacy training and support.
- Community habilitation.
- Day habilitation.
- Environmental modifications.
- Non-medical transportation.
- Palliative care: bereavement service, expressive therapy, massage therapy, pain and symptom management.
- Pre-vocational services.
- Respite services (planned respite and crisis respite).
- Supported employment.
- Vehicle modifications.
JP 64624 12/2024