[rehab] Medicaid Payments for O&M Services

[gabe vega]

I am a little confused here. We always talk about spreading education  
and awareness to the public, government and other professions about  
blindness and all it brings, and you are telling me this medicade  
situation is a bad thing?

will it not put more of a spotlight on blindness based on the fact  
that more people will have to deal with and provide for people of who  
are blind?

I am not sure if I subscribe to this blind nitch rehab model anyways,  
how has it advanced this so called 70% emplyment rate for the past 20  
years for example?
On Jan 19, 2011, at 5:15 AM, Jan Bailey wrote:

> Extra funding would be nice, but I agree with you.
> Jan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marks, Jim" <jimmarks at mt.gov>
> To: <rehab at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:03 PM
> Subject: [rehab] Medicaid Payments for O&M Services
>
>
>> The Montana Legislature is considering a bill that would require  
>> Medicaid to pay for orientation and mobility services for qualified  
>> children in K-12 education.  It may overlap to adult services as  
>> well.  The primary advocate for the bill is an Orientation and  
>> Mobility Instructor working for her local school district.
>>
>> While it's nice to have new funding streams for services, I'm  
>> concerned about the medicalizing of blindness rehabilitation  
>> services.  It would be a shame to involve medical doctors in things  
>> like buying a long white cane when the docs know almost nothing  
>> about blind rehab.
>>
>> What have other states done?  Are there issues/pitfalls to consider?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your replies.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Jim Marks
>> Disability Transitions Programs Director
>> Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services
>> jimmarks at mt.gov
>> http://vocrehab.mt.gov
>> (406) 444-2591
>>
>> "The legitimate purpose of society and its governments is not to  
>> govern people and to promote the good life for them, but to empower  
>> them to govern themselves and to provide the good life for  
>> themselves and their fellow humans."  Justin Dart
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