Massachusetts Did Not Comply With Federal and State Requirements for Critical Incidents Involving Developmentally Disabled Medicaid Beneficiaries 

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Office of Medicaid (State agency), did not comply with Federal waiver and State requirements for critical incidents involving developmentally disabled Medicaid beneficiaries. Specifically, the State agency did not ensure that (1) group homes reported all critical incidents to the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), (2) DDS obtained and analyzed data on all critical incidents, (3) appropriate action steps were identified in all incident reports that could prevent similar critical incidents, and (4) DDS always reported all reasonable suspicions of abuse or neglect to the Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC).