This panel focused on the benefits, challenges, and design considerations associated with administering self-directed home- and community-based services (HCBS) through Medicaid. This panel allowed Commissioners to directly engage with experts to better understand the perspectives and stakeholder inputs states must consider when designing and administering self-direction models.
Panelists included:
- Patricia Brennan, MSW, Director of the Office of Education on Self-Directed Services, Priority Waiting List, and Special Projects, New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities
- Mark Sciegaj, Ph.D., MPH, Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Pennsylvania State University
- Pamela Zotynia, Service Director of Participant Directed Services, Values Into Action, and Robert’s mother
- Robert Zotynia, member of the Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports, and self-direction participant
