Indiana Medicaid Long-Term Care

Quick answer: Indiana Medicaid covers long-term care for people 60 and older through Indiana PathWays for Aging, a statewide managed care program for nursing facility and home- and community-based care. CMS lists its waiver as effective July 1, 2024 and approved through June 30, 2029.

Indiana Medicaid runs through the Family and Social Services Administration, with policy responsibility sitting inside its Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning. For older adults, the program to know is Indiana PathWays for Aging, the statewide managed long-term-services-and-supports program — CMS lists its waiver as effective July 1, 2024 and approved through June 30, 2029.

PathWays is now the operating framework for Medicaid members age 60 and older who need either nursing-facility care or home- and community-based services. But its arrival doesn't remove the underlying eligibility questions — a person still has to fit the right Medicaid category and meet the required level of care before PathWays coverage applies.