Tuesday, February 8, 2011

New Mexico Program to Gauge Level of Care

New Mexico's Department of Health hopes to sign a $524,000 contract for a pilot project that officials say could lead to a more accurate diagnoses of people enrolled in a small, but costly program for the mentally disabled.
Over the next six months, if the contract is signed, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will use a diagnostic tool it developed to discern the level of care needed for 500 individuals enrolled in what is known as the developmental disabilities waiver program, or DD waiver, for short. The tool also is known as the Supports Intensity Scale, state officials said.

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