Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) is investing $47.5 million from ARP Awards to help strengthen HCBS in Arizona.
Starting on December 4, 2023, eligible HCBS providers can apply for up to $1 million for programmatic or infrastructure projects to improve HCBS for round 2 of the ARP Program Awards. All applications...
In an effort to protect abused, neglected, and vulnerable ALTCS members, AHCCCS and DES have published two surveys available for ALTCS members and ALTCS members' families through November 17, 2023.
The surveys and evaluations are conducted by the University of Arizona’s Sonoran Center for Excellence in Developmental Disability. All...Arizona News
Hobbs chose Carmen Heredia to lead the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Angie Rodgers to lead the Department of Economic Security, Matthew Stewart will oversee the Department of Child Safety, Theresa Cullen, MD will head the Department of Health Services and Joan Serviss was appointed to the Department of...
A state task force established by Gov. Doug Ducey after an incapacitated woman in the care of Hacienda Healthcare was raped and gave birth last December, issued a report with recommendations to help prevent future incidents.
The 28-page report included 30 recommendations, among them are: improving reporting requirements, better...Arizona News
Hacienda Healthcare last week agreed to give licensing authority of its facility to the Department of Health Services (ADHS) following dissent from state agencies concerning the Board of Directors decision to cease operations of the Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF-IID).
A joint letter...Arizona News
In December, a 29-year-old woman in a vegetative state for over a decade gave birth to a baby boy and initiated a rape investigation that bled into the new year. Last week, Gov. Doug Ducey called for a "complete replacement" of the board at Hacienda Healthcare. Now that the alleged perpetrator, Nathan Sutherland, has been arrested,...
